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Rey Colon, founder and CEO MyTelemedicine.

Pandemic Pushes MyTelemedicine Into Fast‑Growth Mode

Rey Colón's virtual health tech platform has more than 3 million members nationwide, completing more than 250,000 remote consultations to date. The McKinney-based startup's latest offering? Telehealth for pets.
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Dallas Invents: 83 Patents Granted for Week of Jan. 19
by | Feb 2, 2021
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 10 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include: Advanced Neuromodulation's device to treat chronic pain with burst stimulation, Beard Stencil's hands-free grooming apparatus, BNSF's railroad virtual track block system, Futurewei's predictive routing for mobility, IBM's air quality monitoring, analysis and reporting system, ShaveLogic's magnetic attachment for shaving cartridge, Space Data's lighter-than-air (LTA) platforms, Textron's unmanned aerial vehicles with compact storage mode, and Toyota's methods for managing freshness of fuel in a vehicle.
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Dallas Invents: 113 Patents Granted for Week of Jan. 12
by | Jan 27, 2021
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 10 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include: Atense's storing and using multipurpose secret data, Authentix's product authentication using barcode characteristics, Capital One's task management platfor, Innovation First's performance arena for robots with position system, IBM's cognitive vetting system for unsolicited residential visitors, Kintrans' body movement recognition and association system, Mass Luminosity's streaming and nonstreaming media transfer between devices, Sensal Health's medication adherence apparatus, STMicroelectronics' atomic layer deposition of selected molecular clusters, and USAA's traffic drone system.
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Dallas Invents: 137 Patents Granted for Week of Jan. 5
by | Jan 20, 2021
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 11 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include: 7-Eleven's scalable position tracking for large spaces, Adobe's AI for enhanced digital content and improved campaign design, American Airlines' method for optimally managing aircraft assets, Avegant Corp.'s relative position-based eye-tracking system, Bell Textron's multidirectional airspeed detection system, Bentley Motors' movement-based comfort adjustment, Siemens Healthcare's deep image-to-image network learning for medical image analysis, and Zinwave's multi-range communication system using RF and millimeter wave signals.
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Meet the Future 50: Dallas-Fort Worth Innovators and Disruptors You Need to Know in 2021

These standouts—entrepreneurs, leaders, inventors, creatives, and educators—are disrupting industries, solving challenges, and making Dallas-Fort Worth (and beyond) a better place in a year like no other.
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Irving-Based Mobile Cell Tower Manufacturer Aims to Build the Infrastructure That Keeps You Connected
by | Jan 13, 2021
A decade after its founding, the company’s customers today include AT&T, Verizon, the U.S. Navy, and Dow Chemical.
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Dallas Startup Aims to Help Companies Speed Digital Transformation by Making AI and ML Accessible to Everyone
by | Jan 13, 2021
The company’s six patent-pending frameworks are at the heart of its success, helping clients increase revenue, efficiency, and usable information.
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Dallas Invents: 150 Patents Granted for Week of Dec. 29
by | Jan 13, 2021
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 9 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include: 7-Eleven's camera array for a scalable position tracking system, Avaya's selective communication event extraction, Cisco's active speaker naming in ICN-based real-time communication systems, Micronizing Technologies beneficiation of hydrocarbons from mineral matrices, Textron's foldable wings for UAS with a geared interface, Toyota's telepresence drones, USAA's digital identification system, and Vpay's merchant portal system.
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Closing Gaps in Achievement and in the Digital Divide are Keys to Building a Stronger Texas Workforce, Nonprofit Leader Says

by | Jan 10, 2021
COVID-19 highlighted disparities in education, with Educate Texas working to improve access to high speed Internet, assist teachers in providing effective instruction online and in class, and promoting pathways to degrees and certifications for good paying jobs.
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Drive for Improved Healthcare Tech is a Silver Lining of the Pandemic, says McKesson CTO
by | Jan 10, 2021
McKesson, based in Irving, has played a key role during the COVID-19 crisis, first by providing PPE and now helping distribute vaccines.
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Plano-Based Fintech Uses Voice Authentication as Quick Means to Prove Identities
by | Jan 10, 2021
With an increase in call volumes during the pandemic, Illuma Labs' flagship product offers credit unions real-time voice authentication powered by artificial intelligence and machine learning.
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Dallas Invents: 86 Patents Granted for Week of Dec. 22
by | Jan 6, 2021
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 10 for patents out of 250 metros.
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Dallas Invents: 85 Patents Granted for Week of Dec. 15

by | Dec 30, 2020
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 14 for patents out of 250 metros.
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Dallas Invents: 152 Patents Granted for Week of Dec. 8
by | Dec 23, 2020
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 11 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include: 7-Eleven's method for populating a virtual shopping cart based on video of a customers shopping session at a physical store, AB Creations' vehicle disable black box, AT&T's automatic physical access to secure areas, Microsoft's optimized sign out for single account services, R2 Solutions' system for enhanced search term suggestion, SMU's additive manufacturing of active devices using dielectric, conductive, and magnetic materials, and Toyota's vehicle-based geo-fencing system.
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Dallas Invents: 139 Patents Granted for Week of Dec. 1
by | Dec 16, 2020
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 11 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include: 4Web Medical's programmable implant, 7-Eleven's action detection during image tracking, Dell's methods for preventing leakage of protected document data, Northrop Grumman's spacecraft servicing devices, Prestige Ameritech's perimeter seal for a face mask, and Verizon's interactive vehicle window system with AR overlays.
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