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The Dallas Foundation Awards Over $700,000 in Spring Grants to Local Nonprofits, Opens Summer Cycle

by | Jul 23, 2024
Twenty-six Dallas County organizations secured support for causes spanning animal welfare to breast cancer assistance. Now, the foundation is gearing up for its Summer Grant Cycle, targeting nonprofits focused on early childhood development, family homelessness, workforce readiness, and more.
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Volvo Autonomous Solutions Opens Fort Worth Office for Self-Driving Trucking Runs to El Paso and Houston
by | Jun 8, 2023
Volvo's Fort Worth office will set up the first V.A.S. autonomous freight corridors from Dallas-Fort Worth to El Paso and from Dallas to Houston. The company has already begun manual test runs with partners including Uber Freight and DHL. See who else is rolling autonomous trucks out of DFW—and why North Texas has become a key testing ground "to change the way we move goods on highways."
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Glowing Example: Pioneer Tower Restoration in Fort Worth Earns Preservation Award
by | Dec 5, 2022
After going dark for decades, Pioneer Tower glowed once again following the 2019 completion of a $4.7 million city of Fort Worth refurbishment project. In a 21st century twist, the tower got programmable LED lighting to mark holidays and special events. Now the restoration has earned Historic Fort Worth’s 2022 Preservation Project Award.
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DI People: Dave & Busters, Fujitsu, Keurig Dr Pepper, Aurora Innovation, DHA, and More Make Leadership Moves
by | Apr 8, 2022
In this week's roundup of hires, promotions, and accolades in North Texas, you'll also find news from Firehouse, Enseo, Cambium Learning, D Magazine, Lear Investment Management, Spacee, Envy Gaming, 5Q, Stream Realty Partners, Nanoscope, Crossplane Capital, Improving, TimelyMD and more.
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Dallas Arts Month: AURORA Will Present ‘Video Art Nights’ Across Five Fridays in April Downtown

by | Mar 24, 2022
AURORA, the Dallas-based public arts organization, is partnering with Downtown Dallas, Inc. on the weekly events, which will be free to the public. Curated video art programs will be projected at parks and outdoor surfaces in West End Square, Pegasus Plaza, and the Dallas Arts District—with live music and an outdoor artisanal market also on tap.
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Aurora Unveils Ride-Hailing Test Fleet, Gives Toyota Execs an Autonomous Ride Toward DFW Airport
by | Mar 23, 2022
Aurora capped off a six-month pilot test of its autonomous Toyota S-AM minivans in Dallas-Fort Worth by giving Toyota North America CEO Ted Ogawa and other execs a ride toward DFW Airport yesterday.

Aurora will continue to test and develop its ride-hailing and autonomous trucking tech from Dallas, including a new trucking route from Dallas to El Paso. It expects to launch its ride-hailing product, Aurora Connect, in late 2024.
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‘Eyes in the Sky’: Bell Textron Completes Autonomous Flight Test with NASA
by | Feb 14, 2022
NASA is looking to shape the future of flight, and Bell is on board. Its drone was able to successfully detect and avoid other objects in the airspace while integrating with its ground-based radar surveillance system. Bell says the flight test will aid in expanding the industry, as things like drone delivery services and air taxi companies mature.
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Aurora Will Test Its Fleet of Self-Driving, Ride-Hailing Toyota Robotaxis in Dallas
by | Sep 21, 2021
The "S-AM" hybrid electric minivans—short for "Sienna Autonomo-MaaS"—will be tested in a six-month pilot program in Dallas, Pittsburgh, the San Francisco Bay areal, and other locations. Aurora intends to deploy the vehicles on ride-hailing networks in late 2024.
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Scenes from Aurora Dallas 2018

by | Nov 5, 2018
Light it up: Aurora illuminated downtown Dallas this weekend with its public exhibitions of light, video, and sound. People were able to view and interact with 17 installations, all exploring what the future of the world might look like.
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Future Worlds: Aurora Dallas 2018 to Converge Art and Innovation With Its New Forward-Looking Theme
by | Nov 2, 2018
Aurora Dallas will take over downtown this weekend, with featured exhibits all centered around engaging the public and creating a dialogue of where the future is headed. One site-specific exhibit intends to do this by combining humans and robotics.
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Upcoming AURORA Exhibit Seeks Proposals from Dallas-based Artists
by | Jul 13, 2018
AURORA is an extensive public experience that focuses on the art of light, video, and sound. The fifth edition of the exhibit will be debuting at the end of the year with a new theme, “Future Worlds”.
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Amber Venz Box, CEO and Co-founder, rewardStyle
7 Master Innovators and Their Secret Weapons
by | 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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Prelude

3 Things: ‘Prelude’ to Feature Light, Video, Sound Art

by | Aug 23, 2016
The "Prelude" event is coming in October to the AT&T Performing Arts Center, a 9-year-old girls sets up a nonprofit to help her peers, and B.R.A.I.N. will have small business referral services at Dallas libraries.
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Tim DeLaughter, frontman of Polyphonic Spree, performs while Reel FX captures the concert for a live-action Virtual Reality experience.
Reel FX and Polyphonic Spree Present: A Live-Action Virtual Reality Concert
by | Jan 29, 2016
Reel FX and Polyphonic Spree teamed up to test the company’s abilities to film virtual reality.
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