Invention

Purpose to Play: Dallas-based BALANCED Closes a $3.5M Seed Round for Crowdsourced AI Gaming Tech

by | Jun 22, 2020
The new funding comes on the heels of BALANCED garnering spare computer processing power to help find treatments for COVID-19.
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A New Fort Worth Startup Uses Tech to Monitor Law Enforcement Animals’ Health
by | Jun 18, 2020
Animal Cloud Connectivity, launched in April, has signed a software licensing agreement with the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory to repurpose a platform used by military field medics.
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Around For The Long-Haul: Long Range Solutions Responds to COVID-19 With New Cloud-Based Software
by | Jun 17, 2020
Richardson-based LRS is known for creating restaurant pagers. But when the hospitality industry took a hit, the team knew a pivot was necessary.
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Dallas Invents: 144 Patents Granted for Week of June 2
by | Jun 16, 2020
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 10 for patent activity out of 250 metros this week. Patents granted include IBM's social-geofenced-based application management for battery maximization, Intuit's integration of real-time personalized documents into a video conference session, Karsten's golf club with polymeric insert and removable weight, Lockheed's method for opening a combination padlock, Skycam's infinite virtual pan tilt zoom camera, TI's turn-on power switch, TollSense's methods for monitoring roadways using magnetic signatures, Walmart's air-cooled ammonia refrigeration systems, and Wilson Electronic's desktop signal booster.
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It’s Official: Fort Worth Approves Linear Labs’ Public/Private Partnership (and Nearly $70M in Incentives) to Stimulate Tech Growth in Texas

by | Jun 16, 2020
Smart motor maker Linear Labs, founded in 2014, plans a new advanced manufacturing and research headquarters that can support thousands of jobs over the next decade. The partnership aims to further Fort Worth as “the next tech innovation hub."
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Dallas Invents: 144 Patents Granted for Week of May 26
by | Jun 8, 2020
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 10 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include: Apple's synchronization sequence design for device-to-device communication, ATT's software demarcation in an edge computing environment, Bank of America's quantum tech for extracting intents from linguistics, Texas Instrument's theft detector, Verizon's collision detection platform, and Walmart's automated tote routing system
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MyndVR
MyndVR Launches an At-Home VR Solution for Seniors Stuck in Isolation
by | Jun 4, 2020
Seniors can relive amazing memories from their youth, says MyndVR. But the tech solution is not all about entertainment. The spirit-lifting virtual reminiscence therapy can reduce anxiety and depression.
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Dallas Invents: 141 Patents Granted for Week of May 19
by | Jun 3, 2020
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 10 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include: BNSF's railcar towing systems, Dell's software integrity validation using blockchain, Dolby's light spreading with blurring element in projector systems, G-CON's modular, self-contained, mobile cleanroom, Motus Labs' motorized gearbox mechanism, NCH's probiotic composition for animals and plants, NEC's facial recognition system, TI's real-time traffic sign recognition, USAA's methods for detecting and reducing distracted driving, and Zonal Systems' placing of virtual geographic zone markers
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top 10 most read stories on Dallas Innovates in May 2020

Dallas Innovates’ 10 Most Popular Stories in May

by | Jun 1, 2020
From Amazon hiring in Oak Cliff to great places to work in DFW and Texas, here are our 10 most-read stories in May.
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Mobile IoT: Dallas Supply Chain Innovator Doubles Down on Asset Tracking Tech with New Partnership
by | May 28, 2020
Global supply chains have been impacted by the ripple effects of COVID-19, Polte's CEO says. Now, thanks to a new partnership with IoT startup CoreKinect, customers will be able to track not just trucks, but the millions of assets and packages in them. In real time.
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Dallas Invents: 133 Patents Granted for Week of May 12
by | May 27, 2020
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 11 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include: Abbott's methods for evaluating biological sample integrity, CareFusion 303's automated utilization driven inventory management, DM ECO Plasma's system of ozone generation, IBM's cognitive vetting for unsolicited residential visitors, Raytheon's method for combining 3D images in color, State Farm's use of electronic metadata to verify insurance claims, and Toyota's blind assistive tuning and orienting of musical instruments.
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Telehealth for Pets: Petzey Launches First-of-its-Kind Virtual Network of On-Demand Pet Healthcare
by | May 26, 2020
Dallas-based Petzey aims to keep pets healthy while creating job opportunities for veterinary practitioners in the new sharing economy.
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A New Dallas-based Startup Aims to be the ‘Online Dating’ of Residential Real Estate

by | May 19, 2020
HomematchX, founded in January, recently launched its new platform to virtually streamline the real estate experience. And because the COVID-19 pandemic is changing the market, the team expects to thrive.
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A Newly Formed DFW Company is Making Equipment to Decontaminate N95 Masks With UV Light
by | May 13, 2020
Meet the group of North Texas innovators behind Hepius Equipment—and see why their onsite N95 mask decontaminator could be a gamechanger in battling coronavirus.
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Space Innovation: Hypergiant’s New AI-Driven Remote Satellite Operations (aka H.I.V.E.) Keeps Eyes on the Sky
by | May 12, 2020
CEO Ben Lamm says the mission control software can operate entire satellite constellations from mobile phones in the field. That remote capability is particularly important for critical operations at government and commercial flight operation centers in a pandemic.
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Dallas Invents: 147 Patents Granted for Week of April 28
by | May 11, 2020
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 11 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include: Ahkeo Ventures' inhalable compositions comprising caffeine and apparatus, Alcon's augmented reality ophthalmic surgical microscope projection, AT&T's embedding interactive objects into a video session, DiscGenics' human disc tissue, Greenway Innovative Energy's syngas generation for gas-to-liquid fuel conversion, Halliburton's nano-particle reinforced well screen, and McKesson's methods for determining patient adherence to a prescribed medication protocol.
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