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Invention: A Dozen Top Stories from 2018

by | Jan 10, 2019
In an annual tradition, we look back on Dallas Innovates’ most-read stories in each of our buckets of innovation: Startup, Invention, Education, Social, Creative, and Enterprise. Here’s a roundup of the “Top 12” in Invention for 2018.
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Bell Unveils its Full-Scale ‘Nexus’ Air Taxi Design at CES 2019
by | Jan 9, 2019
Called Bell Nexus, the air taxi, is powered by a hybrid-electric propulsion system developed by Safran.
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Dallas Invents: 99 Patents Granted for Week of Jan. 1
by | Jan 9, 2019
Patents were granted for Lockheed's behavioral authentication of USB devices; IBM’s notifications issued about lost devices; Toyota's impairment evaluation system; Cinsay’s containerized software for virally copying from one endpoint to another; and FedEx’s system, device, and method for inspecting the cosmetic features of electronic devices.
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R&D: UTSW Works on Alzheimer’s Prevention Drug; UTA prof tackles pipeline leaks
by | Jan 4, 2019
You'll also find out about an SMU physicist who's been named a fellow in a prestigious science group in the roundup of research and development activity in North Texas.
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Dallas Invents: 118 Patents Granted for Week of Dec. 25

by | Jan 2, 2019
Patents were granted for Conduent’s apparatus for customized handwriting zones; Robin Technologies’ automated secure door for a robotic mower; Futurewei Technologies’ path selection for autonomous vehicles; Lennox Industries’ reflective UV light shield for HVAC units; Toyota’s methods for making an object appear transparent; and Varidesk’s electrically lifted computer and office desk.
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Year In Review: Our Top 10 Most‑Read Stories of 2018
by | Dec 21, 2018
Take a look back on the stories that grabbed our readers' attention this year.
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Dallas Invents: 92 Patents Granted for Week of Dec. 11
by | Dec 19, 2018
Patents were granted for an unassigned patent for bullet-proof blinds; Conduent's Business Services' systems to automatically create and suggest compatible ride-sharing groups; HD LifeSciences inter-body fusion implant; SecurityProfiling real-time vulnerability profiling; and Vattaca's authentication tags and systems for golf clubs.
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R&D: UTD Seeks Answers to Migraine Questions, UTA Gets Grant to Study Area’s Water Resources
by | Dec 13, 2018
Also, you'll learn about how Dallas-based scientists' genome sequencing work could lead to improvements in sugarcane crops in this roundup of research activity in North Texas.
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ICYMI: Dallas is 5G Hotspot, DFW has Jobs for Hackers, Texas as a Major Biotech Hub, and Voltea’s Water Tech Goes Smart for CES

by | Dec 8, 2018
From tech bytes (Azpen Innovation, FindMe, Project Verte, Freebird Rides) to launches and expansions (Marley Spoon, Service Fusion, Deliveright) to this week's top 10 (‘Citi’ of Irving), here's your briefing on ideas and innovation in North Texas.
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Dallas-based App Lets You ‘Preciate’ Your Peers
by | Dec 7, 2018
The mobile application allows workers to 'build a story' of past achievements to create stronger professional relationships. With users from almost every U.S. state and a new blockchain-based protocol on the way, the startup aims to change the business world.
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R&D: UTSW Shows Neuron’s Link to Exercise & Metabolism; Palm Fronds Influence Wind Turbine Blade Design
by | Dec 7, 2018
You'll also learn about a study on an innovative shoulder arthroplasty implant being made by a North Texas company in this roundup of R&D activity aimed at making our lives better.
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Toyota’s Patent No. 10137567 shows a robot for taking inventory of an area. The patent describes a robot that could provide information to a user on current locations of objects, such as car keys and other belongings. [Illustration: USPTO]
Dallas Invents: 116 Patents Granted for Week of Nov. 27
by | Dec 5, 2018
Patents were granted for Toyota’s inventory robot, 1974 Productions’ method for delivering music content to a smart phone, Capital One’s machine-learning artificial intelligence system for identifying vehicles, Innovative Signal Analysis’ video-enabled inspection using unmanned aerial vehicles, and Securus Technologies’ multi-party conversation analyzer.
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R&D: UTD Researcher Defies Nature in Cloaking Sound, UT Southwestern Probes ‘Starving’ Lung Cancer

by | Nov 30, 2018
You'll also find news about research into a possible treatment for melanoma, a deadly form of skin cancer, in this roundup of research activity in laboratories and institutions across North Texas.
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Q+A: The Pure Company Makes Cleaning Your Air Fashionable—and Portable
by | Nov 29, 2018
The Dallas women-owned company that wants to create products that are just as beautiful as they are powerful is a CES 2019 Innovation Award Honoree. Pure's Cortney Carroll talks shaking up the industry, designing products for women, and her team's "pinch me" moment.
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Sensory Sciences: Hypergiant’s New AI Startup Teaches Machines to ‘Learn How to Learn’
by | Nov 29, 2018
Hypergiant Sensory Sciences launched today as an independent company, but with connections to Hypergiant Industries. Founders Dave Copps and Chris Rohde say they intend to teach machines to sense the world more like we do.
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Dallas Tea Supplier Creates First‑of‑its‑Kind Brewing ‘Game Changer’
by | Nov 28, 2018
TEAZZERS, a company that names innovation as its core value, recently unveiled the patent-pending SmartBrew machine, which features smart capabilities, a unique urn design, a never-been-done-before 'convergence zone', and remote management.
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