According to the Alva Health materials, its patented wearables "work around the clock to detect signatures indicative of stroke, and immediately connect users with emergency responders." [Image: Alva Health]
The NSF Small Business Innovation Research grant is expected to help Alva Health scale its AI-powered, wrist-worn wearable as it expands technical and clinical validation and prepares for a 510(k) submission.
In this weekly roundup of research and development activity in North Texas, you'll also find out about how a professor at UNT is developing a wireless, wearable fitness tracker that won't need to be charged.
The next phase of America’s innovation economy will not be built by any one country alone. It will be shaped by partnerships that unite technology leadership, advanced manufacturing, investment and the industrial ecosystems needed to turn bold ideas into sustained growth....
North Texas Giving Day, Dallas-based Communities Foundation of Texas’ biggest fundraiser of the year, set a record for giving. By the event’s official close at midnight Sept. 17, 94,700 donors had given more than $76 million, compared with $74.2 million at midnight in 2025....
The next phase of America’s innovation economy will not be built by any one country alone. It will be shaped by partnerships that unite technology leadership, advanced manufacturing, investment and the industrial ecosystems needed to turn bold ideas into sustained growth....
North Texas Giving Day, Dallas-based Communities Foundation of Texas’ biggest fundraiser of the year, set a record for giving. By the event’s official close at midnight Sept. 17, 94,700 donors had given more than $76 million, compared with $74.2 million at midnight in 2025....