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BionorthTX Names Local Entrepreneur as President, CEO

by | Dec 5, 2018
On Dec. 4, bionorthTX announced that its Board of Directors has appointed Jorge Varela. In his new role, Varela will take on day-to-day leadership of the organization.
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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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Varidesk Creates First Airport Coworking Space at DFW — In Just 24 Hours
by | Dec 4, 2018
Varidesk, headquartered in Coppell, launched its Active Workspace in Terminal C at DFW Airport today—complete with charging hubs, free Wi-Fi, meeting tables, and the company's trademark innovation, the sit-stand desk.
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DI People: Borden, Mohr Partners, Lincoln Property Announce Promotions
by | Dec 4, 2018
Also, you’ll find leadership appointments and changes at Southern Methodist University, Sparked Connected, and Caregiver Inc. in this roundup of people news in North Texas.
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Spacee Stacy the Virtual Bartender Serves Drinks—and Flirts; DFW, Neoface Facial Recognition Deploys; and Gemmy’s Bass Lip-Syncs Alexa

by | Dec 1, 2018
From tech bytes (AveoMedical, StackPath, WayAround) to coworking moves (Venture X, Serendipity Labs) to what we're reading (Starbucks Red Bird "community store", Veran Spin’s lung cancer GPS-like tracking tech), here's your briefing on ideas and innovation in 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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Neighborhood Goods Raises $8M in New Funding Round
by | Nov 29, 2018
This latest funding round comes on top of a $5.75 million round in May for the retail startup that recently opened in Plano.
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Follow the Money: Virgin Pulse Acquires SimplyWell; ModoPayments, Complex Sports & Entertainment Get Funds
by | Nov 29, 2018
Also, you’ll find news about Napali Hospitality Group, Hivelocity, Incero, Car Wars, Pharos Capital, and Fiduciary Network in this roundup of activity involving companies and investors with North Texas ties.
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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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Dallas Invents: 145 Patents Granted for Week of Nov. 20
by | Nov 28, 2018
Patents were granted for Walmart's methods for autonomous drone navigation, Apple's enclosure features for a portable computing device, Capital One's transaction terminals for automated billing, and Dow's spunbound nonwoven fabrics.
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New Mobile App Helps Parents Prevent Medication Mistakes
by | Nov 27, 2018
A busy Dallas mom, struggling to remember the right timing for giving fever reducers to her child, created and developed OnCure—an iOS app that aims to provide parents a comprehensive tool to manage OTC fever reducers.
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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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DI People: Neiman Marcus, CyrusOne, Pei Wei, Southwest Airlines Make Promotions
by | Nov 20, 2018
Also, you’ll find leadership appointments and changes at Apex Clearing, Invitation Homes, and Giordano, Wegman, Walsh, and Associates in this roundup of people news in North Texas.
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Golden Seeds: Dallas Branch of Angel Group Bolsters Women Entrepreneurs
by | Nov 20, 2018
The 20-member chapter of Golden Seeds Dallas helps fund startups with at least one woman in an operating role at the C-suite level.
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DexFreight Enters the Blockchain Logistics Space with First Shipment
by | Nov 20, 2018
DexFreight founder Rajat Rajbhandari, who lives in Dallas, says the blockchain-based logistics platform is planning to establish a formal presence in North Texas.
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