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Dr. Todd Griffith is an associate professor of mechanical engineering at UT Dallas. [Photo: Courtesy UTD]
With a $3M Grant, UTD Research Team Begins Work on a Deep-Sea Wind Turbine
by Alex Edwards | May 7, 2020
The Department of Energy grant went to a UTD mechanical engineering professor and his team. If successful, the project could make a new technology that produces electricity cost effectively and reliably offshore.
by Lauren Hawkins |
May 6, 2020
As NASA's largest services provider, the contract—valued at more than $1.9 billion total—continues Jacobs' almost 20-year relationship with the NASA space center.
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by Alex Edwards |
May 6, 2020
In an effort to help tech workers displaced by COVID-19, Knack for Engineers matches qualifications with remote jobs from leading companies.
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by Quincy Preston |
May 5, 2020
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 10 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include: AT&T's Limiting data transmission under lossy wireless conditions of an IoT device, Bell's flexible fold-over seat configurations for emergency egress of aircraft, CareView Communications' electronic sitter management system, Hilti's construction product modeling, Ilumi's wireless communication methods, Kintrans' automatic body movement recognition and association system, SalesBoost's voice analysis training system, and Toyota's adhesive hood reinforcement for pedestrian protection.
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[Image: Courtesy myFetalLife]
Pregnant During the COVID-19 Pandemic? This Remote Nurse Monitoring App Wants to Help
by Alex Edwards | May 5, 2020
The North Texas-based American Pregnancy Association recently endorsed myFetalLife, a mobile application that uses AI to guide and monitor an expectant mother's health.
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by Lauren Hawkins |
May 4, 2020
Last month, Allied BioScience received capital from Lydia Partners to scale its operations and meet a surging demand.
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by Alex Edwards |
May 1, 2020
In this weekly roundup of executive moves in North Texas, you'll also find news from TechFW, TYME Bank, Oakview Capital Management, and the Environmental Protection Agency Region 6.
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![R.A. Session II, president, CEO, and founder of Taysha Gene Therapies [Background image: Olena Yepifanova via iStock]](https://s24806.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/TayshaGene-Session-970-1-360x203.jpg)
by Quincy Preston |
Apr 29, 2020
Taysha Gene Therapies, which has been operating in stealth with UT Southwestern, is off to a fast start with a pipeline of 15 gene therapy programs. Together with UTSW, the combined platform could be "an engine for new cures."
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[Illustration: Maksym Kapliuk/iStock]
BAL Law Firm Introduces Ellie, a First-of-its-Kind Immigration Chatbot
by Alex Edwards | Apr 29, 2020
Richardson-based Berry Appleman & Leiden LLP has launched a natural language processing tool to help clients better understand complex immigration concepts.
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by Quincy Preston |
Apr 29, 2020
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 11 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include: Capital One's method for deploying and versioning machine learning models, Dell's multi-threaded text affinity analyzer for text and sentiment analytics, DePuy Synthes Products' porous implant materials, Hypergrid's cloud computing scoring systems, Intuit's automated access of tax documents for preparing an electronic return, Panacea Quantum Leap's device for extracting water from the environment, Textron's tiltrotor aircraft having interchangeable payload modules, Toyota's traffic signal learning and optimization, and USAA's systems for gamification.
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by Alex Edwards |
Apr 28, 2020
"The Honey Badger"—a motor named for its attitude, strength, tenacity, and good looks—is now available to anyone, even those looking to experiment at home. CEO Brad Hunstable says it's the company's way of pushing the limits of ingenuity and paying back the next generation of inventors.
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by Alex Edwards |
Apr 28, 2020
A new analysis from CompTIA puts the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metro No. 7 for total net tech employment and No. 6 for tech employment gains.
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A rendering of Vari's HQ renovations. [Image: Courtesy Vari]
‘Work Spacing’ the Workspace: Vari Renovates HQ, Develops New Products in Response to COVID-19
by Lauren Hawkins | Apr 23, 2020
We spoke with Vari CEO Jason McCann about the Coppell-based workspace innovation company's renovations, its new products, and how businesses can get ready for the new normal.
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![From left, University of Texas at Dallas and SMU. [Photos: UTD, Andrew Smith; SMU, courtesy]](https://s24806.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/RevTech-UTD-SMU-970-360x203.jpg)
by Quincy Preston |
Apr 23, 2020
The COVID-19 mission, should you choose to accept it: To create a low-risk campus environment that could exist after state and local executive orders related to the pandemic have expired.
Apply by April 30.
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by Alex Edwards |
Apr 22, 2020
Fort Worth-based Clarus will equip top biopharmaceutical company AstraZeneca with its glassboards to add an extra layer of protection for employer and employee during the health screening process.
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by Quincy Preston |
Apr 21, 2020
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 11 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include: 7-Eleven's sensor mapping to a global coordinate system using a marker grid, Bank of America's information security in data transfers by using decoy data, Overhead Door's remote transmission of barrier status, Purewine's treatment of beverages to reduce the effects of noxious constituents, Siemens Healthcare's liver disease assessment in medical imaging, SoftLayer's method for customer discount management, and TMGCore's robot for a liquid immersion cooling system.
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