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Bishop T.D. Jakes Shares Insights on Embracing Gratitude and Flexibility Amid 2020’s Challenges

by | Dec 9, 2020
“One of the problems that we tend to do when we are faced with challenges and changes is to remain normal. I believe that one of the solutions to stress is to restructure,” Bishop Jakes said during the Leadership Dallas Alumni Association's Annual Leadership Luncheon.
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Dallas Invents: 128 Patents Granted for Week of Nov. 24
by | Dec 9, 2020
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 14 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include: Apple's desktop electronic device, Astrapi's devices employing polynomial symbol waveforms, Capital One's augmented reality navigation, CerSci Therapeutics' compounds for pain treatment, Dell's remote integrity assurance of a secured virtual environment, Intellective Ai's anomalous stationary object detection and reporting, Lintec of America's nanofiber yarn dispenser, Parkifi's parking sensor magnetometer calibration, and Spark Connected's wireless power transfer through low-e window.
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New North Texas Center for Mobility Technologies Will Fuel Innovation With Industry-University Collaborations
by | Dec 8, 2020
North Texas’ research universities will offer their expertise in artificial intelligence, composite materials, wireless vehicle tech, IOT, big data, and more.

Under the umbrella of the Texas Research Association, the new center aims to solve mobility challenges faced by industry, nonprofits, municipalities, and transportation agencies—here and beyond.
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Dallas Invents: 135 Patents Granted for Week of Nov. 17
by | Dec 2, 2020

Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 10 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include: AT&T's prioritized network based on service and user device, Honda's applied artificial intelligence for natural language processing automotive reporting system, IBM's augment politeness in question answer systems, Liberty Peak Ventures' funding a radio frequency device transaction, Mitogrow's vitamin-hormone horticultural product, and Texas Instruments' bluetooth data forwarding.

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Dallas Invents: 139 Patents Granted for Week of Nov. 3

by | Nov 18, 2020
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 10 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include: AT&T's facilitation of dynamic edge computations for 6G or other next generation network, Bank of America's system for recurring information security threat assessment, Berenson Consulting Group's infusion monitoring device and patient compliance system, Enseo's geolocationing system, Essilor's self-healing transparent polymer compositions , and Hewlett Packard's blockchain key storage on SIM devices, USAA's authentication based on motion and biometric data, and an unassigned water soluble, biodegradable beverage container.
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Dallas Invents: 148 Patents Granted for Week of Oct. 27
by | Nov 11, 2020
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 10 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include: Amera IoT's apparatus for creating and using quantum resistant keys, UT's crowdshaping realistic 3D avatars with words, Capital One's code quality evaluation and user interfaces, Elbit Systems' landing strobe signature, Ilumi's wireless control device and methods thereof, Johnson & Johnson's pupil-only photochromic contact lenses , NTT DATA's augmented shareable video files for robotic process automation, ROCA Medica's predilution sets for distributing antigens, Toyota's vehicle velocity predictor using neural networks , and Zyvex Labs' methods of fabricating an implantable device.
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Dallas Invents: 143 Patents Granted for Week of Oct. 20
by | Nov 4, 2020
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 11 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include: Alcon's intraocular lens compositions, Facebook's location-based content aggregation and distribution, FedEx's loss prevention tracking system, Halliburton's wireless activation of wellbore tools, Lynntech's undersea vehicle , USAA's appliance monitoring sensors, and Vinli's cloud integrated vehicle platform.
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Dallas Region Sets Record Industrial Growth, Rises to No. 1 Industrial Market

Despite the economic issues COVID-19 has brought to the U.S., the Dallas region’s industrial market is on trend to close out 2020 as a record-breaking year for new industrial construction and leasing.
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Debate Recap: Allred, Collins Spar on COVID-19 Relief, Trade Policy, Public Education, and More
by | Oct 28, 2020
In the race for Texas’ 32nd Congressional District, the 2020 General Election pits first-term Congressman Colin Allred, who serves on the Transportation & Infrastructure, Foreign Affairs, and Veteran Affairs Committees, against Republican challenger Genevieve Collins, a seventh-generation Texan who leads corporate strategy for Istation, a Dallas-based education technology firm.
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Dallas Invents: 139 Patents Granted for Week of Oct. 13
by | Oct 28, 2020
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 11 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include: Fossil's activity monitoring device, Magic Leap's virtual image generation system using emotional states of user, Microfabrica's counterfeiting deterrent and security devices, NTT Data's virtual resource monitoring for robotic processes, Siemens Healthcare's virtual biopsy techniques for analyzing diseases, Topgolf's RFID golf ball testing apparatus and systems, Toyota's on-the-fly autonomous vehicle refueling and recharging, and USAA's predictive customer service support system and method.
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Dallas Invents: 163 Patents Granted for Week of Oct. 6
by | Oct 21, 2020
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 9 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include: Allegan's dermal filler, Capital One Services' personalized car recommendations based on customer web traffic, Evergaze's method for improving, augmenting or enhancing vision, Exploring Inc.'s haptic mapping of a configurable virtual reality environment, Mitsubishi's method for sensing wind flow passing over complex terrain, and iHeartMedia's voice track editor.
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Dallas Invents: 137 Patents Granted for Week of Sept. 22

by | Oct 7, 2020
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 9 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include: 7-Eleven's custom rack for scalable position tracking system, Flatiron Health's extracting facts from unstructured data, Futurewei's intruder detection method and apparatus, Hemotek's plant medium including an oxygen-enabled composition, Mary Kay's combination of plant extracts to improve skin tone, Spectral MD's machine learning for healing prediction and treatment of wounds, the U.S. Government's energy generation, Toyota's intelligent road markers, and Wells Fargo Bank's monitored alerts.
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Dallas Invents: 134 Patents Granted for Week of Sept. 15
by | Sep 30, 2020
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 12 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include: BlackBerry's method for managing local emergency numbers, Dell's information handling system for eye-tracking data, Doskocil's pet carrier car seat, Enseo's method for making reservations, Facebook's location-based content aggregation and distribution, Frito-Lay's apparatus for production of snack food pellets, Mazor Robotics' global spinal alignment method, and Novartis' cancer biomarkers predictive of therapeutic responsiveness.
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Dallas Invents: 145 Patents Granted for Week of Sept. 8
by | Sep 23, 2020
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 10 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include: 1974 Productions' delivering music content to a smart phone, 7-Eleven's tracking positions using a scalable position tracking system, Amazon's multi-channel order management, Flowserve's permanent magnet submersible motor, SMU's imaging hidden objects, and Toyota's vehicle-to-vehicle sensor data sharing.
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At the Fourth Annual iC3 Life Science Summit at UT Arlington on Oct. 10, 2017 recipient Lyda Hill will present the award. To register for the summit, visit www.bionorthtx.org. [Illustration: bestbrk/istockphoto]
Bio North Texas Shifts iC3 Life Sciences Summit to Virtual Event
by | Sep 22, 2020
Networking—always a highlight of the biotech event— is still a cornerstone thanks to a new virtual conference platform, its organizers said.
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