The NTXIA offered a tour of the NSF's newly opened eCAT Center at UNT in its first Immersive Innovation field trip, offering visitors a first-hand demo of a self-driving vehicle by UNT's Vehicle Autonomy & Intelligence Lab. [Photo: UNT]
The North Texas Innovation Alliance has begun offering quarterly "hands-on innovation experiences" at "the brightest and most innovative projects across North Texas" for NTXIA members. The Immersive Innovation field trips kicked off with a tour of the NSF's newly opened eCAT Center at UNT. Here's where the NTXIA is going next.
The Texas Startups Roadshow will take local entrepreneurs and out-of-state investors on a virtual ride that spotlights the startup community in Dallas, Houston, Austin, and San Antonio. Anchoring the Dallas leg of the trip on Nov. 19 is UT Dallas’ Big Idea Competition and a keynote from Mark Cuban.
Fort Worth's startup community has grown through major startup acquisitions, the launch of two innovation districts, and new startups expanding to the area, Hayden Blackburn says.
Get Shift Done for North America aligns national partnerships (the likes of Capital One, Sarah and Ross Perot Jr. Foundation, Access Healthcare, and Shiftsmart), seed funding, and technology to offer a program that can be quickly launched in any city.
Dale Carman says great augmented and virtual reality has the potential to trigger your "lizard brain into believing what you see is real." He and his team at Groove Jones want to do just that with projects such as the new Dallas Mavericks’ AR mural of player Luka Doncic in downtown Dallas.
Somareddy wants to help people who have had strokes or traumatic brain injuries overcome their limitations with engaging, fun, and motivating VR/AR therapy exercises.
Collectively, Clark and his team have started a number of tech and gaming companies in the region, have strong ties to SMU, and see Dallas-Fort Worth as primed to be the next big technology center in the country. They want to be leaders in that mission.
Local startups and researchers can learn how to get federal research-and-tech-driven grant funding and meet federal experts in this conference hosted by the Dallas Regional Chamber.
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.
Innovators and entrepreneurs spent Thursday afternoon hearing pitches from major corporations about what areas in which they are looking for new ideas, products and partnerships.
It doesn't happen very often, maybe five times over the past 20-plus years, in one form or another I am asked by donors, foundations, and philanthropic organizations how they could best invest their limited funds.
North Texas is a big place, with plenty to do, see, hear, and watch. We scour the internet every week to find events and activities for you. As always, things may change at any time, so be sure to check the official website or registration page for the latest details....
Dallas-based Disruptive, an investment firm that targets top private technology companies, has appointed Ash Spiegelberg as its chief strategy officer.
In this role, Spiegelberg will work with Disruptive Founder and CEO Alex Davis and the global team on refining strategy, investing, and close engagement with portfolio companies and their founders, the firm said....
DuWest Realty and DBA Commercial Real Estate recently merged to form DUWEST, bringing together two Dallas-based commercial real estate firms under one name and strengthening its platform to focus on retail and land brokerage, tenant representation, investment sales, development services, and property management across Texas....
Fort Worth-based BNSF Railway, the nation’s leading freight transportation provider, is celebrating America’s 250th birthday with a series of specially painted locomotives.
The three new locomotives, carrying numbers 250, 1776 and 2026, feature an exclusive livery to honor the nation’s Semiquincentennial birthday on July 4, 2026....
North Texas is a big place, with plenty to do, see, hear, and watch. We scour the internet every week to find events and activities for you. As always, things may change at any time, so be sure to check the official website or registration page for the latest details....
Dallas-based Disruptive, an investment firm that targets top private technology companies, has appointed Ash Spiegelberg as its chief strategy officer.
In this role, Spiegelberg will work with Disruptive Founder and CEO Alex Davis and the global team on refining strategy, investing, and close engagement with portfolio companies and their founders, the firm said....
DuWest Realty and DBA Commercial Real Estate recently merged to form DUWEST, bringing together two Dallas-based commercial real estate firms under one name and strengthening its platform to focus on retail and land brokerage, tenant representation, investment sales, development services, and property management across Texas....
Fort Worth-based BNSF Railway, the nation’s leading freight transportation provider, is celebrating America’s 250th birthday with a series of specially painted locomotives.
The three new locomotives, carrying numbers 250, 1776 and 2026, feature an exclusive livery to honor the nation’s Semiquincentennial birthday on July 4, 2026....