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Discovery: SMU and UTSW Figure Out How Birds Migrate at Night, Scientists Find Possible Polycystic Kidney Disease Drug

by | Sep 13, 2019
In this weekly roundup of research and development activity in North Texas, you’ll also read about how an SMU professor and students from Garland High School are using smartphone data to monitor a local bridge’s health.
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The Seeker: Meet the ‘World’s First Robotic Quarterback’
by | Jun 18, 2019
A new Dallas-based startup, Monarc, has created a patented football robot that uses wearable technology and IoT to throw perfect passes, every time. Here's how it works.
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Dallas Invents: 147 Patents Granted for Week of May 7
by | May 14, 2019
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 11 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include: Bank of America's dynamic employee security risk scoring, Dolby Laboratories' optical system for image projectors, Freeflight Acquisitions' autonomous anonymity system, IBM's video sentiment analysis tool for video messaging,Peloton Therapeutics' methods of treating pulmonary arterial hypertension, Siemens Healthcare's image-based tumor phenotyping with machine learning from synthetic data, and STMicroelectronics' zero standby power for powerline communication devices
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Dallas Invents: 136 Patents Granted for Week of April 23

by | May 1, 2019
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 11 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include: Hammond Development's system for enabling a communication device to remotely execute an application, Amazon's technology for job processing using a public service network, University of Arkansas' new white wine grape plant named "Opportunity," Textron Innovations' takeoff/landing touchdown protection management system, Tuesday Morning's cookware lid with basting projections, Olaeris' battery status and failure detector, 3i AVI's computerized exchange network, and an unassigned patent for hair-cutting techniques for an automated hair-cutting system.
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Dallas Invents: 115 Patents Granted for Week of April 16
by | Apr 24, 2019
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 14 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include: AT&T's augmented reality visual Wi-Fi signal, Bank of America's autonomous software containers, Genband's method for blocking notification messages during screen sharing, Linear Labs' brushless electric motor/generator, Sabre's tokenized data security, Phazr's window-installed wireless communications device, Conduent's method for video-based detection of drive-offs and walk-offs
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First-Of-Its-Kind Event Aims to Connect The North Texas Life Science Community
by | Apr 23, 2019
Don't miss the North Texas Life Science Career Symposium taking place tonight at the Community Beer Company in Dallas.
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Dallas Invents: 145 Patents Granted for Week of April 9
by | Apr 17, 2019
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 11 for patent activity out of 250 metros. 
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Dallas Invents: 129 Patents Granted for Week of April 2

by | Apr 10, 2019
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 11 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include: Velos Media's device for decoding a video bitstream; Apple's cylindrical compact computing system; State Farm's detection of anomalous computer behavior; Texas Instruments' estimation of time to collision in a computer vision system; USAA's monitoring systems and methods for personal safety; Toyota's smart necklace with stereo vision and onboard processing; and Watchguard's system for peer-to-peer operation of multiple recording devices
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3 DFW Universities will Vie for $100K in TCU’s Values and Ventures Competition
by | Apr 3, 2019
Teams from 56 universities from around the globe will pitch conscious capitalism ventures that make a profit while solving a problem.
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Dallas Invents: 116 Patents Granted for Week of March 26
by | Apr 3, 2019
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 13 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include Google's proximity payment system environment response; Omnitrac's management of movable objects; Raytheon's methods for acquiring, launching, and guiding missiles to multiple targets; Samsung's techniques for millimeter-wave mobile communication; Slocum Geophysics' airborne geophysical exploration;; and more.
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View from the Scooter: Uber Brings ‘Ride Pass’ to Dallas, SMU Tests Scooters on Campus
by | Mar 28, 2019
You'll also find doctors urging scooter safety, and 'Birdeo + Limet,' a classic tale of romance, rivalry, and, yes, scooters.
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Dallas Invents: 87 Patents Granted for Week of March 19

by | Mar 27, 2019
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 9 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include: Capital One's asset tracking systems US Concrete's concrete with a reduced surface drying time Toyota's integrated truck bed washing system MoneyGram's promotion generation engine for a money transfer system McAfee's system for calculating an object's trust level Dr Pepper/Seven Up's sweet taste improving compositions
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Dallas Invents: 97 Patents Granted for Week of March 12
by | Mar 20, 2019
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 12 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include: • Futurewei Technologies' foldable mobile device • IBM's cognitive geofencing • Lockheed Martin's aircraft laser detector • Uniloc's pedestrian traffic monitoring and analysis
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Platooning trucks create “road trains” where two or more trucks follow each other closely. Paccar’s platooning light fence system may communicate to passenger vehicles that trucks are traveling as a team to discourage cut-ins or cut-offs. [Illustration: Fig. 1, Patent No. 10220768 via USPTO. Background: Dallas Innovates.]
Dallas Invents: 148 Patents Granted for Week of March 5
by | Mar 13, 2019
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 11 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include: • Toyota's vehicle bumper damage indication • Bell's aircraft with manned and unmanned flight modes • University of Texas' methods for light-dependent gene regulation • Conduent Business Services' system for optimizing passenger pick up • Amazon's system for impairment issues of distributed hosts • Paccar's platooning light fence system for trucks
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Education: Amazon’s Future Engineer Program, AECOM’s UTA Hypermobility Class, SMU’s New Cybersecurity Master’s Degree
From higher education projects (TWU, DCCCD) to K-12 initiatives (Dallas County, Trinity Christian Academy), here's your briefing on what's going on in education in North Texas.
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