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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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R&D: UNTHSC Seeks to Give Stroke Victims More Time; UTSW Examines Heart Issues & Race

by | Nov 23, 2018
Researchers and scientists in laboratories across North Texas are conducting studies and developing new medical treatments to make lives better.
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Business Leaders Talk Future of Cryptocurrency, Blockchain at NTBA Community Showcase
by | Nov 20, 2018
The blockchain technology community of North Texas came together last week to showcase their newest products that would implement "change in the world."
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Kubos Major Tom, Mission Control
Denton-Based Kubos Corp. Launches Software into Space for the First Time
by | Nov 20, 2018
The takeoff of Kubos' mission control software—dubbed "Major Tom"—will mark its first journey to outer space. Major Tom was scheduled to be on the postponed SpaceX launch, originally slated for Nov. 19. Rescheduled for Nov. 28 but also delayed, the next available launch window is Dec. 1, according to the company.
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Q+A: CEO of Mobility Startup TransitScreen Talks Driving the Future of Transportation
by | Nov 20, 2018
"The future of transportation is going to be all about choices," Matt Caywood says, so TransitScreen is working to stay up to date so travelers don't have to.
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Introducing Crypto Fitness Gamification: Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban and Tony G. from Lympo celebrate the U.S launch of Lympo, the nation's first blockchain fitness app, in partnership with the Dallas Mavericks, at the Dallas Mavericks' Lympo Practice Facility in Dallas, Texas on Friday, Nov. 16. [Photo: Peter Larsen]

ICYMI: Mavs x Lympo Blockchain Fitness App; Nokia, AT&T, Jaunt Augment Reality; Roger Wilco Announces ICO

by | Nov 17, 2018
From retail disruptors (Neighborhood Goods, Sam's Club, The Container Store) to kudos (UTD, The Trade Group, Deloitte's Technology Fast 500) to the weekly Top 10 (Mary Kay's 'R3'), here's your briefing on ideas and innovation in North Texas.
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Photo Tour: Grand Prairie ‘Reimagines Recreation’ With the Grand Opening of The Epic
by | Nov 16, 2018
The newest addition to the 172-acre EpicCentral is a 120,000-square-foot fitness, arts, and entertainment facility dubbed The Epic. Before the grand opening this weekend, check out a sneak peek of noteworthy feature—from the culinary kitchen to the digital media studios to the artists' residences.
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R&D: UTA Scientist Examines Why We Exist; UNTHSC Institute Aims to Speed Memory Loss Care
by | Nov 16, 2018
Also, you'll learn about why Mark Cuban invested in a company developing treatments for rare diseases, and why two UT Southwestern researchers are being honored in this roundup of research activity in North Texas aimed at making our lives better.
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Dallas Invents: 130 Patents Granted for Week of Nov. 6
by | Nov 14, 2018
Patents were granted for USAA's water detection assembly, Texas Instruments' brownout response, Sensogram's wearable respiration rate monitoring system, Varidesk's design patent, and YSEOP's techniques for automatic generation of natural language text.
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Innovative Spaces: Mary Kay Opens $100M R&D, Manufacturing Facility in Lewisville

by | Nov 9, 2018
Two years after breaking ground, the Richard R. Rogers Manufacturing/R&D Center — also known as 'R3' — is now open. Take a look inside the new 453,000-square-foot facility, complete with R&D labs and manufacturing tech.
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R&D: $200K Grant Aids UTA Reabsorbable Brain Implant Work; Will UTD Chess Computing Platform Say Checkmate?
by | Nov 9, 2018
Also, you'll learn about the Dallas-based American Heart Association backing research teams looking into age-related cognitive declines, and a Plano-based biotech company getting an approval from the EPA.
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Charlotte’s Web(page): Inboundgeo’s Tech Spider Directly Targets Site Visitors
by | Nov 8, 2018
Inboundgeo can use any webpage content to send same-day direct mail to anonymous site visitors.

CEO Michael Sitarzewski, a Dallas entrepreneur well-known in local startup circles, created the new Charlotte technology. It's somewhat ironic that he's currently without a permanent address — you can check out his nomadic adventures in our gallery.
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DIA’s Case Study Shows Smart Cities Living Lab’s Positive Impact
by | Nov 8, 2018
In addition to the report, Dallas Innovation Alliance and Amazech Solutions announced a dashboard that will make the lab's data available to the public.
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