Dallas Innovation

Calendar: Not-to-Miss Events for Innovators in Dallas-Fort Worth

North Texas has plenty to see, hear, and watch. Here are our editors' picks. Plus, you'll find more selections to "save the date."
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SMU Researchers Scale Juicebox-Sized Infrasound Sensor to Expand Field Research
by | Dec 27, 2025
The portable, pocket-sized Sapphire microbarometer detects low-frequency waves from events like earthquakes, explosions, and ocean activity nearly 500 miles away.
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Passive Design, Proactive Conversations—and a Win for Sustainable Architecture
The “Academy Award of Architecture”—the AIA Firm Award—recently went to Dallas-based LPA Design Studios. Ellen Mitchell, who directs the firm’s sustainability and applied research, sees the win as a shift toward broadening what award-winning design really means. Here’s how the firm is building modern, greener commercial spaces by starting with better questions.
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Dallas Jewelry Brand Grows $100 Investment to $1M+ Revenue—In About a Year
by | Jan 19, 2021
The co-founders behind Dallas-based Allie + Bess have announced their first collaboration with a fellow Texas-based female entrepreneur, despite operating mainly during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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ICYMI: How Robots and AI Impact Jobs, DFW Ranks for Economic Freedom, Finnish MaaS Pioneer Shortlists Dallas

by | Feb 2, 2019
From tech bytes (OnRobot, NoiseAware, AT&T) to accolades (Raytheon, Craig Hall, Aprima Medical, and more) to our weekly top 10 (Anurag Jain), here's your briefing on ideas and innovation in North Texas.
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Rising of the Rest: Collaboration, Clusters, and Commerce Charge the Dallas-Fort Worth Innovation Ecosystem
by | Jan 28, 2019
There's an underlying connectedness between people and companies that transcends our geography, says Tech Titans' Bill Sproull. Collisions between industries, startups, universities, and civic leaders start a chain of events that we can predict only to a certain point. And that unknown is exciting.
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ICYMI: North Texas Breaks Out, Female Entrepreneurs Make Waves, TCU Teen Becomes Youngest MythBuster
by | Jan 26, 2019
From companies making Dallas-Fort Worth an emerging tech hub (Infosys, UTSW, AT&T) to accolades (Southwest Airlines, ExxonMobil, Jacobs, and more) to our weekly top 10 (NaturalShrimp), here's your briefing on ideas and innovation in North Texas.
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ICYMI: North Texas Tech at ‘Retail’s Big Show’; iLab Founder leaves Neiman Marcus; DFW Named 2019 Global Airport
by | Jan 19, 2019
From retail innovations at NRF 2019 (Kibo, Logile, Theatro, Oki Data and more) to accolades (Symphony RetailAI, Dallas Fort Worth International Airport) to our weekly top 10 (female‑focused coworking concept), here's your briefing on ideas and innovation in North Texas.
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ICYMI: Dallas is 5G Hotspot, DFW has Jobs for Hackers, Texas as a Major Biotech Hub, and Voltea’s Water Tech Goes Smart for CES

by | Dec 8, 2018
From tech bytes (Azpen Innovation, FindMe, Project Verte, Freebird Rides) to launches and expansions (Marley Spoon, Service Fusion, Deliveright) to this week's top 10 (‘Citi’ of Irving), here's your briefing on ideas and innovation in North Texas.
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Spacee Stacy the Virtual Bartender Serves Drinks—and Flirts; DFW, Neoface Facial Recognition Deploys; and Gemmy’s Bass Lip-Syncs Alexa
by | Dec 1, 2018
From tech bytes (AveoMedical, StackPath, WayAround) to coworking moves (Venture X, Serendipity Labs) to what we're reading (Starbucks Red Bird "community store", Veran Spin’s lung cancer GPS-like tracking tech), here's your briefing on ideas and innovation in North Texas.
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Introducing Crypto Fitness Gamification: Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban and Tony G. from Lympo celebrate the U.S launch of Lympo, the nation's first blockchain fitness app, in partnership with the Dallas Mavericks, at the Dallas Mavericks' Lympo Practice Facility in Dallas, Texas on Friday, Nov. 16. [Photo: Peter Larsen]
ICYMI: Mavs x Lympo Blockchain Fitness App; Nokia, AT&T, Jaunt Augment Reality; Roger Wilco Announces ICO
by | Nov 17, 2018
From retail disruptors (Neighborhood Goods, Sam's Club, The Container Store) to kudos (UTD, The Trade Group, Deloitte's Technology Fast 500) to the weekly Top 10 (Mary Kay's 'R3'), here's your briefing on ideas and innovation in North Texas.
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ICYMI: Microsoft & Walmart Team on Dallas Cloud Factory, Health Wildcatters Pitch Day, StackPath Signs Cybersecurity Tech Accord
by | Nov 10, 2018
From business bytes (Mary Kay, Nexeon MedSystems, Children's Health) to impact (Paige Chenault is named Women of the World 'Mother of Invention') to the weekly Top 10 (JPMorgan Chase’s ‘Super Day’), here's your briefing on ideas and innovation in North Texas.
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The Groove Jones team worked with the Dallas Mavericks CMO, Jerome Elenez on the development for the season opener.  The Mavs are the first team to “do something this big” with augmented reality, Elenez said in a Groove Jones blog post.

ICYMI: What’s New in Augmented Reality, Social Impact Making Headlines, Women in Tech, and What We’re Reading

by | Oct 27, 2018
From awards and accolades (Locavore, Health Wildcatters) to our weekly Top 10 (a tour of Facebook's Fort Worth data center) to our favorite read (ShangriLlama), here's your briefing on innovation, ideas, and impact in North Texas.
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ICYMI: Dallas VC Funding Report, Delivery Bots Are Coming, Infrastructure Week & What We’re Reading
by | Oct 20, 2018
From mobility mavens (YourDrive, Alto, Lyft) to our weekly Top 10 (data center markets), here's your briefing on the innovation, ideas, and impact driving business and culture in North Texas.
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ICYMI: AT&T Starts Streaming, Mavs Hire Breaks New Ground, TREC Gets $900K, and DFW Tops Rankings
by | Oct 13, 2018
From startups making headlines (Hypergiant) to our weekly Top 10 (The Green Future), here's your briefing on the innovation, ideas, and impact driving business and culture in North Texas.
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Dallas’ Roomored Now Designing Virtual Walk-throughs for Major Homebuilders
by | Jul 27, 2018
Roomored CEO Farrukh Malik believes virtual walkthroughs will be the future of home customization, replacing model homes and eventually eliminating the need for design studios, paint swatches, and samples altogether.
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