An Austin, Texas based technology company is launching "artificially intelligent thermal cameras" that it claims will be able to detect fevers in people, and in turn send an alert that they may be carrying the coronavirus. Athena Security is pitching the product to be used in grocery stores, hospitals, and voting locations. It claims to be deploying the product at several customer locations over the coming weeks, including government agencies, airports, and large Fortune 500 companies. "Our Fever Detection COVID19 Screening System is now a part of our platform along with our gun detection system which connects directly to your current security camera system to deliver fast, accurate threat detection," Athena's website reads. Athena previously sold software that it claims can detect guns and knives in video feeds and then send alerts to an app or security system.

The launch of the AI Task Force allows the Army to better connect with the broader artificial intelligence community and focus their efforts in this dynamic field. Artificial intelligence capabilities are relevant to all services and each of the Army's cross-functional teams (CFT's). The Army AI Task Force, located at Carnegie Mellon University, is subordinate organization of Army Futures Command. On November 19th, during Capital Factory's Defense Innovation Summit, five technology startup finalists will be judged by a panel of successful entrepreneurs, defense industry leaders and venture capitalists. One will walk away with a $100,000 investment that day!

"Dry cleaning is really inconvenient," Norton said. "As we looked at this space we recognized the entire industry is outdated. We figured there had to be a better way to do it." So his team built an app and they created Press, what they call "the Uber of laundry and dry cleaning." Press is one of 15 startups that pitched Thursday night at Longhorn Startup Lab Demo Day at the Lady Bird Johnson Auditorium at UT.