Invention

Mouser Electronics

Mouser Continues Innovation Interview Series

by | Mar 18, 2016
Celebrity engineer Grant Imahara, of "Mythbusters" fame, conducts the interviews on topics about innovation.
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Put a Fiddler on Your Roof
Put a Fiddler on Your Roof
by | Mar 8, 2016
When you hear the word “fiddler,” chances are you think of a folksy violinist or perhaps even a particular hit musical — not a domestic wind turbine invented by college students. But that’s the name of the device developed by SMU seniors Jonah Kirby, Brendan Celii, Luke Oglesbee, Cameron Buller, and Alec Siems.
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AT&T has 3 new DirecTV streaming plans ready to launch
AT&T to Launch 3 New DirecTV Streaming Options
by | Mar 2, 2016
AT&T Inc. customers will get three new streaming options in the fourth quarter of 2016 from the Dallas-based telecom giant’s DirecTV service.
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Wilson Co.
Wilson Co.’s New Devices Bound for Outer Space
by | Mar 2, 2016
The Addison company has made four $75,000 devices that will help an unidentified client test its reusable rockets.
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purple skyline

DHD Films Takes Us High Above the Purple Skyline

by | Feb 29, 2016

Last Thursday night, the Dallas skyline glimmered in a beautiful purple hue as the city celebrated innovation for the launch of Dallas Innovates.

Our friends over at DHD Films of Dallas used the latest in drone technology and high-definition photography to create this beautiful video.

We hope you all got a chance to see the skyline that night....

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Dallas Innovates Celebrates Launch
by | Feb 26, 2016
It's official. On Thursday night, hundreds gathered in downtown Dallas to help us celebrate the launch of Dallas Innovates, and, "Wow! It was truly a night to remember."
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Why is the Dallas Skyline Purple?
by | Feb 25, 2016
Before we get to the purple skyline, we want to tell you what's been happening at Dallas Innovates since our website launched in December.
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Pet Loss Center’s Technology Helps Ease the Pain
by | Feb 25, 2016
Nick Padlo, owner of The Pet Loss Center, had to really look to find his niche in the multibillion-dollar pet industry.
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ACTIVE Network’s New Venture Inspired by Its Own Employees

by | Feb 24, 2016
ACTIVE Network began in 1999 as a company that marketed 5Ks, half-marathons, and other running events. Before long, the firm branched out into the business of registering participants for such races and helping compile the results. Today, ACTIVE Network’s clients also include schools, churches, and youth sports leagues, all of which need help organizing different groups of people.
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Festival of Ideas
Big Ideas Emerge at Dallas Festival
by | Feb 23, 2016
There was no shortage of big ideas at this year's Festival of Ideas. The second annual event, held over two days at Dallas' Fair Park, was buzzing with excitement and creativity.
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Sir Joey
Dialexa’s Tiny Wheelchair Gives Dog New Lease on Life
by | Feb 22, 2016
The world of 3-D printing has a new, tiny face as a symbol of its myriad applications in innovation, and, well, just helping someone special get around.
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Dallas Has Its Fair Share of Patent Attorneys
by | Feb 22, 2016
For example, the State Bar of Texas told me that its Intellectual Property Law Section has 582 active members from Dallas County. But putting that number in perspective is difficult, because the American Bar Association’s Section of Intellectual Property Law declined to share statistics on its members’ geography.
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Real Estate Accelerator Motive to Take a Hiatus

by | Feb 18, 2016
On the heels of graduating its first class last year, Dallas real estate accelerator Motive is taking a hiatus, prompted by the drastic drop in oil prices and instability in financial markets.
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From Trading Post to Hedge Funds
by | Feb 12, 2016
How three of our Mayors have made innovations to grow the city of Dallas.
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So You Want to be an Inventor?
by | Feb 10, 2016
In honor of National Inventors Day, I wanted to bring awareness to the hard work behind the inventions we see every day in retail stores.
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Company Seeks Exceptional Products It Can Market at No Cost to Inventors
by | Feb 5, 2016
If your invention can get on Exceptional Products' radar, be enticing enough to get tested, and be one of the 20 percent that passes all those steps, it may just get a national media campaign worth about $3 million.
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