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Audiovisual Innovation Leader Diversified Relocates Global HQ to North Texas

by | Oct 30, 2024
With a reported $1 billion-plus in annual revenue, Diversified's client list includes Microsoft, Fox Sports, Lululemon, and some 70 Fortune 100 companies. Its projects vary from creating the Southern Hemisphere's largest LED video wall to designing AV and broadcast systems for the new production facility at Texas A&M's Kyle Field.
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The Last Word: TechFW’s Hayden Blackburn On Its NASA-Tied ‘Space Alliance’ Partnership for Small Business Liftoff

“The idea is to scale this and be able to support more small businesses, get more companies involved.”

Hayden Blackburn
Chief Operating Officer
TechFW
…on partnering with the Space Alliance Technology Outreach Program, or SATOP, via Fort Worth Report.
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‘Trick Shot Town’: Frisco’s Dude Perfect Plans New HQ To Serve as a Destination for Fans
by | Sep 27, 2022
Frisco-based Dude Perfect—a group of five friends whose trick-shot videos and wild stunts have amassed 58 million YouTube subscribers—is thinking big with a new planned HQ. It features a 330-foot-tower that will enable fans to take "The Impossible Shot." The new HQ is a vision in search of a home—its location has yet to be determined.
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UT Arlington, Texas A&M Partner to Advance Aerospace Manufacturing in Texas
by | Aug 11, 2022
From Lockheed Martin to NASA to SpaceX, Texas is a hotbed of aerospace activity. Now UT Arlington and Texas A&M want to make that hotbed even hotter—by collaborating to advance the state's aerospace defense manufacturing community.
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Fetii, ‘the Uber for Large Groups,’ Plans to Roll Into Dallas As It Expands in 2022

by | Mar 4, 2022
Fetii, founded in 2020 by A&M and UTD grads, calls itself "the world's first group rideshare platform." Its 15-passenger vans allow groups to go places together instead of splitting into multiple vehicles, at an average cost of $5 per person per ride. Now operating in Austin, College Station, and Lubbock, Texas, it plans to expand to Nashville in April and Dallas, Houston, and San Antonio later this year. It's raising $500,000 on WeFunder—with aims to ultimately "go global."
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New Dallas International District to Turn Valley View-Galleria Area Into Global Showplace
by | Jan 4, 2022
Get ready for worlds to collide: With a plan 10 years in the making, Dallas' new International District will provide a unique home for international businesses of all sizes—along with a new 20-acre central park, international festivals, community gatherings, and a nearby PreK-12 STEAM International Academy being built by the Dallas ISD.

Funded by a public-private partnership, the district is also a testing ground for innovation with a civic smart zone and automated people mover.
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AllianceTexas’ Mobility Innovation Zone Partners With Texas A&M Transportation Institute
by | Jul 8, 2021
The transportation institute will serve as a think tank for surface and air mobility technologies at AllianceTexas—conducting research, managing strategic initiatives, and helping to shape innovations that will change the way we live.
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‘Y’All Aboard’: Dallas‑Fort Worth’s VC Activity Gaining Steam
by | Nov 19, 2020
The focus was on the Dallas region for the final leg of the Texas Startups Roadshow. Here's a rundown.
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Dallas-Based Manufacturing and Development Company Hires Roger Raley As President

by | Jul 15, 2020
Alpine Advanced Materials is bringing on the international executive who has experience in the defense and commercial aerospace markets.
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Discovery: Agrilife Expansion Focuses on Food and Water, UTA Gets a $2.3M Grant for Composites
by | Oct 24, 2019
In this weekly roundup of research and development activity in North Texas, you’ll also find out why an important computing society recognized a UNT associate dean for her scientific contributions.
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‘Long Live the Bees’: Nature Nate’s Honey Co. Launches New Education Program
by | Aug 8, 2019
Nature Nate's is fighting for its flying friends by releasing free lesson plans, designed to show elementary students why bees are the superheroes of our ecosystem—and how we can help them.
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Discovery: Study Examines Blood Test for Alzheimer’s; AgriLife Probes Plant Disease Resistance
by | Jul 13, 2018
Also, you'll find research on how a UTA professor is looking to optimize the national power grid. Here are some of the research projects underway in North Texas aimed at making our lives better.
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Discovery: Reducing Cancer Risk 1 Cup at a Time, Scientist Seeks Clearer Images of Deadly Tumors

by | Mar 30, 2018
Let's take a closer look at some of the research taking place at laboratories and universities across North Texas. Here are some of the stories of how they better our world.
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Drs. Ambika Chandra, Jeanmarie Verchot, and Qingyi Yu
Discovery: Women Lead Sustainable Living Research at AgriLife, UTD Scientists Develop ‘Genetic’ Circuits
by | Mar 23, 2018
Researchers at laboratories and universities across North Texas are helping to improve our lives, our health, and our world. Here are some of their stories.
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With Stand2Learn Purchase, Coppell’s Varidesk Expands Its Role in Active Workspace Market
by | Feb 6, 2018
Varidesk announced the purchase Tuesday noting it aligns with the company’s mission to transform workspaces for all ages into more active environments.
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William Anderson
Discovery: UTD Prof Proposes Solution to Martian Mystery, Insight on Cancer-Causing ‘Dimers,’ & Phone’s Impact on Work, Home Life
by | Jan 19, 2018
Research and scientific breakthroughs are happening every day in laboratories and universities across North Texas. Here are some of their stories.
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