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The VEX Robotics World Championship attracts more than 25,000 attendees each year. [Photo: Ken Stanek]
Greenville-based REC Foundation is Taking the World’s Largest Robotics Competition Virtual
by Alex Edwards | Apr 21, 2020
The Robotics Education & Competition Foundation is turning its annual VEX Robotics World Championship into a two-part virtual event on YouTube: the first-ever Fantasy Robotics Tournament and subsequent VEX Robotics Virtual World Celebration.
by Alex Edwards |
Apr 16, 2020
This Saturday, anyone in Dallas County is required to wear a mask to essential businesses. The work these local companies are doing is more important now than ever.
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by Quincy Preston |
Apr 15, 2020
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 11 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include: 7-Eleven's training for a machine learning algorithm to determine customer purchases, Apple's control channel for UE power saving, Bank of America's multi-biometric-factor IoT secured network, Blacktop Plus' therapeutic elastic sports tape, Capital One's visual inspection support using extended reality, National Presort's high-speed print-and-apply label applicator, and Siemens Healthcare's atlas-based contouring of organs at risk for radiation therapy.
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by Alex Edwards |
Apr 15, 2020
In the wake of the COVID-19 quarantine, Match has launched an in-app video tool, virtual events, and dating hotline.
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[Image: Courtesy Poo-Pourri]
Poo-Pourri Repurposes 1M Toilet Spray Bottles to Speed Up its Hand Sanitizer Launch
by Alex Edwards | Apr 9, 2020
Poo-Pourri originally planned to release antibacterial products this fall. But coronavirus motivated the team to change their plans.
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by Lauren Hawkins |
Apr 9, 2020
The summit, which is normally invitation only, will feature climate tech innovators, virtual happy hours, and a pitch competition with prizes up to $10,000. Organizers are serious about the deadline. Sign up by April 10, 11:59 p.m.
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by Alex Edwards |
Apr 8, 2020
CQuentia's newly validated COVID-19 test can determine if a patient is infected or a carrier—even if they're showing no symptoms.
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by Quincy Preston |
Apr 7, 2020
The robots use UV light to help destroy viruses and other deadly pathogens to help hospitals stop the spread of disease.
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Health Tech: Dallas-based American Heart Association Awards $14M in Research Grants for Heart, Brain, and COVID-19 Innovation
by Quincy Preston | Apr 5, 2020
Four teams awarded the grants will create the AHA's tenth 'Strategically Focused Research Network.' The collaboration will center on heath technologies and innovation.
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by Lauren Hawkins |
Apr 3, 2020
Amidst the COVID-19 outbreak, LinedanceAI continues to innovate. Its machine‑learning platform can analyze a human body’s joint-level movement (in real time) for use in sports, healthcare, security, and more.
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by Quincy Preston |
Mar 31, 2020
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 11 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include: Avodah's visual language interpretation system and user interface, CapSen Robotics' 3-D scanner with detector pose identification, Cardpool's gift card exchange kiosks and methods of use, Fresenius Medical Care Holdings' portable dialysis machine, and The Patent Well's UV LED disinfecting floor mat.
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by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Mar 31, 2020
Take a look back on the stories that grabbed our readers' attention amidst the COVID-19 outbreak last month. We've got mask makers, UTSW's discovery of a protein that could stop the coronavirus, autonomous rideshare in Arlington, and more.
We also have eye candy for those who may be nostalgic for when offices weren't remote: 15 innovative spaces in our Office Envy feature.
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Discovery: HSC Opens COVID-19 Test Site for Tarrant County First Responders
by Lance Murray | Mar 27, 2020
In this weekly roundup of research and development activity in North Texas, you'll also read about four UTA faculty members being honored by the National Academy of Inventors as Senior Members.
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by Lance Murray |
Mar 26, 2020
The unique attributes of Linear Labs' Hunstable Electric Turbine sets the Fort Worth company apart from other manufacturers of electric motors dependent upon materials sourced from specific regions.
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by Alex Edwards |
Mar 26, 2020
For healthcare workers locally and nationally, the software development company is producing as many as 400 respirators a day—pro bono—with its 20 in-house printers. And, the design can be sanitized, allowing a common surgical mask to be reused 6-10 times.
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by Quincy Preston |
Mar 25, 2020
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 13 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include: Amazon Technologies' bulk data uploading, Capital One Services' automated system for vehicle tracking, IBM's methods and systems for multiple drone delivery system with in-flight handoff, Parkland Center for Clinical Innovation's automated facial biological recognition, Shopify's network virtualization policy management system and Toyota's autonomous vehicle operation in view-obstructed environments.
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