Texas

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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Fort Worth’s ‘First Justice Enterprise’ Empowers Women Through Employment
by | Apr 16, 2019
The Worthy Co. plans to open its first brick-and-mortar store this fall, selling apparel, jewelry, and candles created by the women it employs—female survivors of trafficking, prostitution, and addiction. One hundred percent of profits benefit local trafficking survivors. 
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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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Dwell with Dignity Celebrates 10th Anniversary with Home Decor Pop-Up Shop
by | Apr 4, 2019
Mark your calendars—this Dallas nonprofit plans to take its largest annual fundraiser to the next level this April.
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cybersecurity

Industry Professionals Tackle the Lack of Available Cybersecurity Talent

by | Apr 2, 2019
At Dallas Startup Week, cybersecurity professionals from The United Way, University of Texas at Dallas, and Tarrant County College came together to discuss how DFW enterprises can change the industry's issues.
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Smart Home
HGTV Builds Innovative Smart Home in Roanoke Ahead of Giveaway
by | Apr 2, 2019
This 3,400-square-foot location is more than just your average home—it's outfitted with the latest in consumer technology, from digital lighting control to a golf simulator to a robotic lawnmower.
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Scottish Rite
Scottish Rite for Children Orthopedic and Sports Medicine Center has Lean, Patient-Oriented Design
by | Apr 1, 2019
Scottish Rite Hospital recently opened its second location, a gleaming new facility in Frisco that serves patients in the northern portion of Dallas-Fort Worth and is the home of the hospital’s sports medicine clinic.
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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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Innovative Spaces: Southwest Transplant Alliance is Building a Destination for Organ Donation

by | Mar 14, 2019
Southwest Transplant Alliance recently broke ground on what will be a home for education, innovation, and advancement in the organ donation and transplantation community. Get a first look at the first-of-its kind facility, set to open in 2020.
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Innovator Q+A: Dmitri Love on Founding Bundil, the Evolution of Cryptocurrency, and Swimming with the Sharks
by | Mar 13, 2019
The UI/UX Developer who caught the attention of a Shark Tank investor calls his micro-investment platform a fun, simple, and beautiful way to help younger people invest and save their money.
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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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Seven Munck Wilson Mandala Attorneys Selected as Texas Rising Stars
by | Mar 6, 2019
The attorneys were selected in the categories of intellectual property, IP litigation, business litigation, employment litigation and business/corporate law.
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Thinking Outside the Blockchain Box: SMU Tackles Sustainability with High Tech Solutions

by | Feb 27, 2019
SMU's Hunt Institute for Engineering and Humanity is lowering the entry barrier to blockchain and finding high-tech solutions to poverty, environmental issues, homelessness, and roadblocks in healthcare—and it's just getting started.
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Dallas Invents: 147 Patents Granted for Week of Feb. 19
by | Feb 27, 2019
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 11 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include: • Armor Defense's system to detect and extract malicious instructions on a virtual machine • American Airline's departure sequencing system that includes an airport state analyzer, a taxi-out predictor, and a pushback optimizer • IBM's root cause analysis of performance problems of a computer system • SanDisk Technologies' flash card end of life prediction based on memory wear • an unassigned patent for a pull tab simulating a cannabis leaf cutout
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Photo Recap: Innovate(her) Conference Sparks Innovative Thinking in Middle School Girls
by | Feb 25, 2019
Capital One teamed up with the UT Dallas Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship to empower students during National Engineering Week.
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Fort Worth Art Startup Lets Patrons Take Texas With Them, Forever
by | Feb 22, 2019
Native Texans, transplants, and fans of the Lone Star State alike can enjoy Fort Worth artist Allison Castillo's designs depicting the natural beauty of Texas. The artist has already begun a statewide expansion and hopes to get on one celebrity's radar.
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