Dallas Startup Week is only days away. In addition to three big summits, the DEC Network's flagship week-long event will offer sessions on 21 different "tracks." From social impact to startup funding to esports and emerging tech, here's a look at what the week holds in store.
Students and experienced engineers alike hacked solutions to real-world challenges with algorithms, coding scripts, and data in three days of problem-solving. Some of the world’s biggest names in business—Amazon, McKesson, and USAA (to name a few)—were taking note.
Hackathons have became the new career fair for tech talent.
The "Basic TrAIning" curriculum gives students cutting-edge resources to AI, software development, and problem solving, and is an introduction to STEAM fields.
Elementary students at Pantego Christian Academy test out Jett, a robot made by Dallas-based RoboKind to teach coding skills. [Photo: Merissa De Falcis]
The Dallas startup launched its robots4STEM program in March, which includes a curriculum covering coding, algorithmic thinking, and online safety through Jett the robot.
By tightening their grip around a chip-implanted teddy bear, a signal travels and connects to a screen, allowing users to reminisce about personal memories of places they've been via Google Earth technology.
Frisco-based GreenWatt Lighting has released a new school safety lighting system that can communicate emergency safety protocols to students, teachers, and administrators with instant visual cues and immediate notification alerts. The company says its Kid-Centric lighting system “is the only safety lighting system that utilizes a reliable Bluetooth mesh network.”...
In May, Dallas-based online dating giant Match Group named Bernard Kim as its CEO, replacing Shar Dubey, who continues to serve as a director on Match Group’s board and as an adviser to the company....
This year’s recipients of the Rainwater Annual Prize for Outstanding Innovation in Neurodegenerative Disease Research and for Innovative Early Career Scientist have been announced by the Fort Worth-based Rainwater Charitable Foundation, one of the largest independent funders of neurodegenerative disease research....
Frisco-based GreenWatt Lighting has released a new school safety lighting system that can communicate emergency safety protocols to students, teachers, and administrators with instant visual cues and immediate notification alerts. The company says its Kid-Centric lighting system “is the only safety lighting system that utilizes a reliable Bluetooth mesh network.”...
In May, Dallas-based online dating giant Match Group named Bernard Kim as its CEO, replacing Shar Dubey, who continues to serve as a director on Match Group’s board and as an adviser to the company....
This year’s recipients of the Rainwater Annual Prize for Outstanding Innovation in Neurodegenerative Disease Research and for Innovative Early Career Scientist have been announced by the Fort Worth-based Rainwater Charitable Foundation, one of the largest independent funders of neurodegenerative disease research....