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Figures 37 and 38 from SanDisk's patent No. 10,110,805 show various embodiments of its head-mountable camera devices. [DI Composite. Source Images: USPTO]

Dallas Invents: 120 Patents Granted for Week of Oct. 23

by | Oct 31, 2018
Patents were granted for SanDisk's head-mountable camera system, Intuit's script generation based on user actions, Verizon's targeted advertising, Gemmy's projection kaleidoscope, and Reata's methods to treat obesity.
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Travelocity App Launches Augmented Reality Experience With Roaming Gnome Feature
by | Oct 30, 2018
Dallas-based Travelocity's AR allows you to capture the Gnome from anywhere in the world. We tested the tech for ourselves, and took him on a mini photo tour around our downtown HQ. But, the little guy isn’t just for pics — sharing Gnome content through Nov. 18 could win you a trip to Mexico.
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‘So Cute, it Hurts’: Blingsting Founder Wants to Keep Women Safe With High-Fashion Pepper Spray
by | Oct 29, 2018
Dallas-based Blingsting takes aim at attackers with a line of safety products turned fashion accessories.
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The Groove Jones team worked with the Dallas Mavericks CMO, Jerome Elenez on the development for the season opener.  The Mavs are the first team to “do something this big” with augmented reality, Elenez said in a Groove Jones blog post.
ICYMI: What’s New in Augmented Reality, Social Impact Making Headlines, Women in Tech, and What We’re Reading
by | Oct 27, 2018
From awards and accolades (Locavore, Health Wildcatters) to our weekly Top 10 (a tour of Facebook's Fort Worth data center) to our favorite read (ShangriLlama), here's your briefing on innovation, ideas, and impact in North Texas.
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R&D: UNT Shines Light on Quasars; UTA Profs Get $460K Grant for Research to Lower Dementia Caregivers’ Stress

by | Oct 26, 2018
Also, you'll learn about how two schools are splitting a National Cancer Institute grant to study cancer health disparity and how TWU plans to show off its research. Here are some of the research projects underway in North Texas that could make lives better.
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Artificial Intelligence: Experts Tackle Challenges, Ethics — and What Is It, Anyway?
by | Oct 24, 2018
Here's why businesses should have a strategy around AI.
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Dallas flip-flop maker Hari Mari has a new patent for footwear with an enhanced toe post. [DI composite. Illustration source: USPTO.]
Dallas Invents: 155 Patents Granted for Week of Oct. 16
by | Oct 24, 2018
Patents were granted for Verizon's auto suggestion in search, Hari Mari's footwear, Toyota's traffic signal indicator, Neu Robitics' drone, and Moneygram's emergency money transfer.
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It’s Supernatural: Poo-Pourri Founder Suzy Batiz Launches New All-Natural Cleaning Line
by | Oct 23, 2018
Supernatural is good for the environment, good for your home, and good for you. Crafted with essential oils, plants, and minerals, the new line is so natural, it literally wants you to #CleanButtNaked.
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R&D: Helping Moms of Premies Battle Depression, PTSD; Common Diabetes Drug Cracks Chronic Pain

by | Oct 19, 2018
Also, you'll learn about an UT Southwestern scientist winning a $3 million award, and how MyndVR is promoting research into VR's medical role. Here are some of the research projects underway in North Texas that could make lives better.
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Dallas Invents: 84 Patents Granted for Week of Oct. 9
by | Oct 17, 2018
Patents were granted for Triune IP's adaptive power control for energy harvesting, Reddy Ice's apparatus for storing and dispensing bagged ice, OraMetrix's Ortho treatment planning that uses a lip tracer, Dell's out-of-band beacon for securing IoT devices, and Essilor's self-healing hard coatings.
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ICYMI: AT&T Starts Streaming, Mavs Hire Breaks New Ground, TREC Gets $900K, and DFW Tops Rankings
by | Oct 13, 2018
From startups making headlines (Hypergiant) to our weekly Top 10 (The Green Future), here's your briefing on the innovation, ideas, and impact driving business and culture in North Texas.
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‘Big Ideas in Biotech’: Federal Conference to Focus on Research, Tech Grant Programs
by | Oct 12, 2018
For researchers and early-stage biotech companies looking for federal grant funding—this could be the opportunity to find it.
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Dallas Invents: 92 Patents Granted for Week of Oct. 2

by | Oct 10, 2018
Patents were granted for Apple's voltage regulator; Dell's distributed authorization; ROKA Sports' swimwear design & construction, iHeartMedia's listener survey tool; Shavelogic's razor tray; and more.
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How Tech Firm PRG Spotlights Megastars and Won an Emmy
(Hint: It’s an Art and a Science.)
by | Oct 8, 2018
Production Resource Group—a global tech provider with R&D operations here in Dallas—is one of five to be recognized at this year's Engineering Emmy Awards.
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Sneakers are Getting a New Angle
by | Oct 8, 2018
Whoever said sneakers are only meant for feet hasn't met the creators of Sole Stacks—unique displays that allow sneaker collectors to show off their shoes.
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ICYMI: What’s New and Next in Dallas-Fort Worth This Week
by | Oct 6, 2018
Your briefing on the innovation, ideas, and impact driving business and culture in North Texas.
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