Invention

Dallas Invents: 145 Patents Granted for Week of Oct. 29

by | Nov 6, 2019
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 10 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include: ATT's crowd location-based analytics for transactions, Bank of America's data transmission authentication and self-destruction, Evergaze's apparatus for improving, augmenting or enhancing vision, Futurewei Technologies' automatic identity detection, Imagine Communications' splicing media files, IBM's cognitive parking guidance, Lone Star IP Holdings' small smart weapon, and Oldcastle Building Envelope's demountable wall system.
MORE
cystic fibrosis birth control
Discovery: UTSW Teams Up on Cystic Fibrosis Breakthrough; TCU Prof’s Book Examines Birth Control’s Effects on Women
by | Nov 1, 2019
Also in this weekly roundup of research and development news, you’ll find out how $500,000 in grants is helping a UTA research team study bridges’ effects on stream ecology and safety during floods.
MORE
Dallas Invents: 126 Patents Granted for Week of Oct. 22
by | Oct 30, 2019
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 13 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include: University of Washington's cough detecting methods and devices for detecting coughs, Advanced Micro Devices' temperature-aware task scheduling and proactive power management, Cyber adAPT's cyber threat attenuation using multi-source threat data analysism, DFB Soria's delivery of drug nanoparticles , Ecotomic Group's furniture manufacturing system with on-demand production, Raytheon Company's detection system for detecting changes to circuitry, Retina Foundation of the Southwest's two-layer ocular implant, and Accudata Technologies' system for providing additional information to called parties.
MORE
Learn More About the Future 50 Feature in Dallas Innovates 2020—The Magazine
Our third annual print publication will bring you the Future 50, covering 50 local innovators and disruptors who are working on things that can have an impact on the future.
MORE

Dallas Invents: 143 Patents Granted for Week of Oct. 15

by | Oct 23, 2019
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 11 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include: Bell Helicopter Textron's anti-ice system for thermally fragile materials, Amazon Technologies' trust management in an electronic environment, Bank of America's synthesized voice authentication engine,K2M's expandable spinal implants, Lyft's apparatus for managing conference calls, Raytheon's LADAR data upsampling, UT, Texas AM System's 3D printing of regenerative bone healing scaffolds for rapid fracture healing, The Parking Genius' parking sensors capable of determining direction and speed of vehicle, and VPay's virtual payment card fraud detection.
MORE
Discovery: UTSW Bird Research Finding How Human Communication Works; UT Dallas Uses $4M NSF Grant for Cybersecurity Training
by | Oct 18, 2019
In this weekly roundup of research and development activity in North Texas, you’ll also find out how UTA is using water fleas to study infertility.
MORE
STEM, STEAM, STREAM: “In Dallas, the Ingredients are Here.”
Dallas-Fort Worth has the pieces—educators, nonprofits, corporations, technology, and the will—to be known as a hub for innovation and technology, our panel agrees. But, to attract and prepare the next generation of world-class talent, we need action. "Hopefully, we're all beginning to push this boulder up the hill, together," Drexell Owusu says. Read the final installment of our series.
MORE
Audatex North America's predictive estimate for a damaged vehicle
Dallas Invents: 164 Patents Granted for Week of Oct. 8
by | Oct 16, 2019
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 10 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include: Audatex North America's predictive estimate for a damaged vehicle , Your Command's apparatus for electronically searching for an item, University of Texas' kit for external fixators for bone realignment, LapKing Holdings' method of tracking a vehicle's course, Capital One's social home buying system, Excentus Corporation's system of influencing customer behavior, Flashscan3D's biometric image sensor with spoofing detection, BlackBerry Limited's provisioning of emergency numbers, Tango's identification of a vehicle driver based on driving behavior, 1A Smart Start's automated calibration station for ignition interlock devices, and Bank of America Corporation's "Message spinning engine" to create or manage a queue.
MORE

Beyond Smart Cities: Dallas Ranks High in Global Cities’ AI Readiness Index

by | Oct 11, 2019
Dallas is third in the nation among large cities that rank for urban AI resilience and readiness in the rise of the 'Fourth Industrial Revolution,' according to The Oliver Wyman Forum.
MORE
research twist
Discovery: UTD Research Finds a Cool Twist; UNT Prof Works to Improve Knee Surgery Outcomes
by | Oct 11, 2019
In this weekly roundup of research and development activity in North Texas, you’ll also find news on how a consortium led by UT Arlington is developing ways to reduce unsafe uses of medications.
MORE
STEM, STEAM, STREAM: ‘The World Doesn’t Work Without Technology Anymore, Nothing Does.’
STEM is cool, our experts agree. And it's important. The challenge is translating that to students. Part Two of our series explores the state of STEM, STEAM, and STREAM education in Dallas-Fort Worth and the actions we need to take.
MORE
Entrepreneur Vic Keller Talks STATinMED Research’s Role in Healthcare
by | Oct 10, 2019
Plano-based STATinMED focuses on HEOR—health economics and outcomes research—and is the only company in the region to do so, according to Keller.
MORE

Reimagine Communities Summit: How Human-Centered Design and Digitalization Drive Innovation

by | Oct 8, 2019
Get our full recap of Capital One's fourth annual Reimagine Communities Summit, which provided a platform for conversations around development in the digital age.
MORE
Lantern Pharma cancer
Lantern Pharma Teams Up with National Cancer Institute to Predict Drug Effectiveness on Tumors
by | Oct 7, 2019
This alum of Dallas startup accelerator Health Wildcatters is working with the National Cancer Institute's Developmental Therapeutics Branch on precision research and treatments.
MORE
Apogee Semiconductor picked as NASA partner. The Artemis program: NASA’s “Tipping Point” technology funding is part of the space agency’s push to land humans on the moon by 2024. [Image: Screenshot/NASA.gov]
To the Moon: NASA Awards North Texas Firm $2M for ‘Tipping Point’ Technology
by | Oct 7, 2019
Apogee Semiconductor's technology could help enable the space agency’s exploration of the Moon—and beyond. It's one of 14 U.S. companies picked in the fourth round of NASA's 'Tipping Point' partner program.
MORE