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From Lagos to living rooms: Temi Coker weaves Nigerian culture into his new home collection, available exclusively at Walmart for a limited time. [Photo: Walmart]
Dallas Designer’s Nigerian Culture-Based Home Collection Now Available at Walmart
by Sandra Engelland | Jan 21, 2026
"This collection honors the vibrant textiles, colors, and culture of my Nigerian childhood while embracing my wife's African American heritage, creating pieces that speak to both identities," Temi Coker said.
by Lance Murray |
Aug 24, 2025
The breakthrough could impact industries from aerospace to energy. “This new method can revolutionize the material science field,” says lead researcher Amin Salehi-Khojin.
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by Maddie Preston |
Jun 18, 2025
Who knew they were singers? At Southern Methodist University in Dallas, students and researchers are resurrecting the sounds of dinosaurs using breath, code, and 3D-printed skulls. Fresh off international recognition, the Dinosaur Choir’s latest performance is a prehistoric piece titled “Anger at the Asteroid.”
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by Lance Murray |
Jun 17, 2025
The lightweight, recyclable material can be printed into complex shapes—including a balloon dog—and shows potential for use in helmets, insulation, and more. The research explores a method still largely untapped in commercial manufacturing.
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A 2022 Firehawk rocket engine test. [Photo: Firehawk Aerospace]
With Fresh Funding, Firehawk Aerospace Is Developing Rocket Engines and 3D-Printed Fuel As It Plans Move to New HQ in Addison
by Kevin Cummings | Sep 28, 2022
Firehawk Aerospace is developing hybrid rocket engines and 3D-printed solid rocket fuel to provide a safer, more cost-effective approach to launching payloads as it nears the close of a $17 million fundraising effort.
Co-founder and CEO Will Edwards has said his company's rocket engine "will power the next generation missile and defense systems and plans to support both launch and other systems requiring in-space propulsion."
Co-founder and CEO Will Edwards has said his company's rocket engine "will power the next generation missile and defense systems and plans to support both launch and other systems requiring in-space propulsion."
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by Kevin Cummings |
Sep 20, 2022
Adaptive3D is moving its headquarters from Plano to Richardson's newly christened IQ HQ, returning to the city where it was founded. The company is working on photopolymers that separate into two parts at the “nano level,” making them more durable for industries ranging from consumer and healthcare to industrial and transportation.
“This move also signals the strength and importance of partnerships with key academic institutions like UT Dallas and the role they play in fostering the collaborative creation of future-ready technologies within the IQ,” says Founder and CEO Walter Voit.
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by Kevin Cummings |
Sep 12, 2022
The Inc. 5000 company manufactures 3D printers along with software and accessories, for applications ranging from healthcare and jewelry to aerospace and defense.
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by Kevin Cummings |
Aug 31, 2022
Von Perry's first 3D-printed geopolymer concrete home is slated for completion in October in the small town of Nevada, Texas. As the startup prepares to kick off its $2 million fundraising effort on the StartEngine crowdfunding platform, it's planning six other custom projects in Texas—and thinking big.
“We are actually building real houses using 3D printers, and that is a jaw-dropping moment for [people]," says Von Perry's co-founder and CTO. "Because they don't even believe it is possible."
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TODAY hosts Al Roker and Hoda Kotb in the classroom scene of the new Super Bowl PSA spot. [Photo: Nate Congleton/NBC]
Dallas’ IF/THEN Initiative Puts National Spotlight on Women in STEM With TODAY Debut of PSA Campaign
by Kevin Cummings | Feb 11, 2022
On NBC’s TODAY on Friday, the IF/THEN Initiative unveiled a new ad campaign in collaboration with the social impact nonprofit Ad Council that’s set to air on Super Bowl Sunday.
The Dallas-based nonprofit is also taking its 3D-printed statues to the Smithsonian Museum.
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by David Seeley |
Dec 14, 2021
Von Perry's 21-year-old CEO, Treyvon Perry, has been preparing for this since he founded the startup at age 17. He and his co-founder, 27-year-old CTO Sebin Joseph, are pioneering a new way to build concrete 3D-printed homes using regular concrete—and aim to prove the concept for DFW and beyond.
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by Alex Edwards |
Oct 29, 2020
Dallas-based Adaptive3D, a startup spun out of UT Dallas, wants to change how the world mass manufacturers plastics and rubbers. The company, which has a team of inventors and a large IP portfolio, plans to use the funds to scale production and distribution to deliver photoresin parts at a fraction of the weight and cost.
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by Alex Edwards |
Oct 6, 2020
University of North Texas researchers received more than $400,000 of the $1.5 million grant to develop a 3D printed material equipped with embedded sensors for use in car structures.
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Using a process called photogrammetry, visitors could photograph and object and use special software to model it. [Photo Courtesy Fort Worth Museum of Science and History]
Infinity Festival Explores Advancements in Virtual Reality and Immersive Tech
by Meredith McGrath | Jul 24, 2018
Fort Worth Museum of Science and History's first Infinity Festival demonstrated innovative technology and highlighted the possibilities of its applications throughout the museum.
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by Lance Murray |
Mar 29, 2018
From 3D-printed rockets, to helicopter rides and Hispanic-focused supermarkets, here are some of the latest capital raises, mergers, and acquisitions with DFW ties.
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by Lance Murray |
Mar 16, 2018
Research at universities and laboratories across Dallas-Fort Worth is helping to improve our lives, our health, and our world. Here are some of their stories.
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by Nicholas Sakelaris |
Jan 31, 2018
They are fearless North Texas masterminds with a history of revolutionizing their industries: Joshua King, Amber Venz Box, Lance Crosby, Paul Bettner, Walter Voit, Joshua King, Will Rosellini, and Dave Copps. They share “secret weapons” and lessons learned — as well as the technology to watch.
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