Dallas Innovates

Voltea Unveils Innovative New Water Treatment System for Homes

by | Jun 28, 2018
DiEntry addresses the most pressing water issues in the market — quality, taste, and waste — via Voltea's energy-saving CapDI technology.
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On Tap: Per Scholas Grand Opening, African Film Festival & a Branding Workshop
Browse our curated selection of events to plan your next week — and beyond.
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Robotics Contest Getting a Reboot for Denton Students
by | Jun 27, 2018
DC BEST's main goal is to motivate Denton County middle and high school students to pursue careers in science, technology, engineering, and math fields.
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architecture
Dallas Center for Architecture Becomes AD EX, Reveals Plans for New Downtown Home
by | Jun 27, 2018
AD EX wants to be the physical place and mechanism to enhance the conversation about architecture and urban design that can impact the city.
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arena

The Rise of Dickies Arena: Fort Worth Lassos $540M Facility Via Public-Private Partnership

by | Jun 27, 2018
The 14,000-seat venue is coming to life thanks to a unique blend of public and private money and the leadership from a member of one of the most prominent families in North Texas.
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An illustration from Nike’s patent No. 9999812 shows a golf club head with body features that are influenced by an impact. [Illustration: USPTO]
Dallas Invents: 63 Patents Granted for Week of June 19
Patents granted include Nike’s golf club head with “impact-influencing” features; Futurewei Technologies’ increased spatial resolution for panoramic video; Harvard’s invention for regulating microRNA biogenesis that relates to helping prevent cancer; and Frito-Lay’s method for producing expanded nut kernels.
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caregiver
Dallas’ Cariloop, Facebook Unite on Caregiving White Paper
by | Jun 26, 2018
Cariloop called the white paper a company's "blueprint for success," in addressing caregiver support.
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Urban Land Institute Looking to Honor Local Real Estate Projects Via its Annual ‘Impact Awards’
by | Jun 26, 2018
Applications for the awards are due June 29, and winners will be announced at the gala in October.
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literacy

SMU, LIFT Team Moving On in $7M Literacy XPRIZE Contest

by | Jun 22, 2018
For reaching this stage of the contest, the Dallas team will receive $100,000 and will be recognized Saturday at the American Library Association Annual Conference and Exhibition in New Orleans.
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STEM
4 Ways Community Leaders Say We Can Better Prepare the STEM Workforce of Tomorrow
by | Jun 21, 2018
Employers across a variety of fields from advanced manufacturing to health care need talent that has a strong foundation in math and science to stay competitive.
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On Tap: Improv to Improve, Reunion Lawn Party & WeDallas: Top Women in Tech
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Follow the Money: CoinFlip Gets Seed Funding, Goff Seeks $350M for Fund; Match Buys 51% of Hinge
by | Jun 21, 2018
From a points and benefits platform, to real estate funds, and rent-to-own company, here's a look at recent funding and acquisitions involving companies and firms with North Texas ties.
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UPS - Compressed Natural Gas

UPS Will Add 2 CNG Stations, Test Electric Vehicles in DFW

by | Jun 20, 2018
The package delivery company wants to have a quarter of its fleet running on alternative energy sources by 2020.
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An illustration from Toyota’s patent No. 9994154 depicts a cloaking device with cloaking region boundary planes. Each boundary plane includes “an outward facing mirror surface and an inward facing opaque surface.” [Illustration via USPTO]
Dallas Invents: 85 Patents Granted for Week of June 12
Patents granted include Toyota’s cloaking device to make an object seem transparent; Med Hab’s shoe sensor system to measure a runner’s gait; Google’s system for presenting multi-frame ads for mobile devices; and Kairos Social Solutions’s location-based social networking system that helps users select their favorite drink.   
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VIVO uptown
VIVO Realty Brings Coworking Model to Real Estate Agents
by | Jun 19, 2018
The program's goal is to provide a business structure that better fits the changing ways in which real estate agents are doing business.
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Alyce Alston
The DEC to Welcome Entrepreneurial ‘Rock Star’ Alyce Alston as CEO
by | Jun 19, 2018
Alyce Alston, who has experience in for-profit and nonprofit leadership as well as being a mentor and advocate for startups, will take over the reins Wednesday from Trey Bowles who announced plans to step down in April.
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