The missing Facebook app for Mac
By Scott Kyle Current Creator Full-featured app, Current, has successful launch For the past several months, I’ve been working full time on realizing my..
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Fullpower Awarded Patent Critical for Wearable Devices
(from Fullpower website) Fullpower® announced on December 8, 2014, that it has been awarded another key sensor-fusion patent for motion and gesture control in..
The Myth of Crime Displacement
By Dr. Jeff Brantingham PredPol This post addresses the myth of crime displacement, which simply describes the expectation that crime moves from one area to..
Scientists reconstruct genome of common ancestor of crocodiles, birds, dinosaurs
By Tim Stephens UC Santa Cruz [Image above: This phylogenetic diagram shows the inferred evolutionary relationships among birds, reptiles, and mammals. Colors..
The future of high-tech urban ag
By Derek Markham Treehugger [Editor’s note: Santa Cruz Tech Beat published Plantronics and Cityblooms collaborate on sustainable agriculture project,..
Do I have to surf to join the Surf Office?
By Blake Boles Social entrepreneur and Surf Office guest The Surf Office offers live/work environment for digital nomads on “workation” Emmanuel..
Dreams do come true: Digital NEST opens, receives $100K donor match
(contributed) Doors open for new Watsonville nonprofit bringing high tech to underserved communities A new, reliable source of access to computers and wireless..
Glowing Art Form – What’s Glove Got To Do With It
By Abe Karplus and Zohar Wouk Futuristic Lights [Editor’s note: 12/15/14 Update: The Kickstarter campaign launched at 12 noon on Friday, December 12, and..
Engineering a Microbe to Produce Biofuel from Cellulose
By Melissae Fellet UC Santa Cruz [Photo above: UC Santa Cruz iGEM team members posed with their poster at the iGEM Giant Jamboree in Boston, where they won a..
Introducing Numerous for iPad
By John Scalo Co-founder of Numerous [Editor’s note: Santa Cruz Tech Beat published an guest feature about Numerous, Track & share life’s most..