the first time civilian law enforcement has used what is typically a military tactic. The decision has provoked discussion among technology and law enforcement experts on such devices in relation to the use of lethal force by police.
—Addison Treehouse, a co-working space located north of Dallas, has a partnership with Southwest Airlines (NYSE: [[ticker:LUV]])to host a “Soar to Success” business competition for minority- and women-owned businesses. The winner will receive a year of free travel from the airline.
Houston:
—Texas A&M University’s medical school has begun a new curriculum targeted to engineers with Houston’s Methodist Hospital. Starting next fall, the program will admit 50 engineers in its 200-member medical school class, who will pursue a specialized program aimed at boosting innovation. Katherine Banks, A&M’s engineering vice chancellor and dean of the engineering school, says they hope to create what she calls “physicianeers” who will embrace entrepreneurship in greater numbers than medical students in traditional programs.
San Antonio:
—StemBioSys announced the company has a second distribution deal, one to bring its stem cell production products to South Korea in the coming weeks. Korean life science equipment distributor SeouLin Bioscience will begin selling StemBioSys products in the country. It’s the second distribution deal StemBioSys has announced since late May, following its first-ever deal with Funakoshi to sell its stem cell-based product in Japan.
—Filestack is building a business based on application programming interfaces, or APIs, that helps upload documents and photos to new websites and mobile apps. The company was acquired by San Antonio-based investment firm Scaleworks in December. Filestack had previously been part of the Y Combinator program, and raised $1.8 million in funding from venture firms such as Andreessen Horowitz.
—Dennis Kane, a board member at Invictus Medical, is now the company’s CEO. Kane took over for Tom Roberts, who had been CEO since 2012. Invictus is developing a medical device to alleviate pressure on the heads of newborns.
Xconomy National Correspondent David Holley contributed to this report.
