3/30/2009
Syndiant Adds Staff to Accelerate Pico Projector Development; Grows 53 Percent
Seeing explosive demand for its pico projector technology, Syndiant announces that it has increased its staff 53 percent after receiving funding from the Texas Emerging Technology Fund (TETF).
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1/28/2009
MTBC member Elcan Optical Inks $180M Defense Contract
Elcan Optical Technologies has been awarded a $180 million contract to procure, deliver and maintain orders of the Medium Range Thermal Bi-Ocular system — a technology that will be used by Marine rifle squads, machine gun squads and the Marine Corps to conduct visual surveillance using the system’s thermal imaging capabilities.
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1/21/2009
Richland College Receives $15k for Engineering Scholarships
Last week, Richland College President, Dr. Stephen Mittelstet, and Richland Collegiate High School of Mathematics, Science, and Engineering (RCHS) Principal, Dr. Kristyn Edney, accepted a $15,000 check from their Metroplex Technology Business Council (MTBC).
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1/2/2009
ETF Officials Seek to Speed Up Process
The $200 million Texas Emerging Technology Fund was created to get startup companies capital to get off the ground. Now some officials are proposing the upcoming legislative session as a time to tweak the fund’s policies so such help can get there a little faster.
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12/12/2008
AT&T Joins Broadband Coalition
AT&T Inc., Alcatel-Lucent and Verizon have joined a consortium of corporations, public-interest groups, unions and trade organizations to push for ubiqituous broadband access in the United States.
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10/22/2008
UNT to be Home of New Research Institute
Researchers at the University of North Texas are expected to play a key role in the development of the Air Force’s next generation of jet engines. To that end, the university is receiving a multimillion-dollar government grant to study jet engine failure.
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