Why PredPol is not like Minority Report
by PredPol Blog Post PredPol Is Not Minority Report: It Doesn’t Focus on Individuals Too often when people hear the phrase predictive policing, they think of..
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Watch: Grass roots growth of Santa Cruz tech
Video by Romney Dunbar Dunbar Productions Watch: Bonnie Lipscomb, Zach Friend, Bud Colligan, Doug Erickson, and Sara Isenberg talk about the local tech scene..
Asylum Labs: Going after ‘Social Casino’
by Jason Kaehler CEO, Asylum Labs Back in 2012 when we were tossing around ideas for a new game studio, we knew we wanted to focus on a particular genre. There..
When Robots Write Songs
by William Hochbert The Atlantic [Editor’s note: Santa Cruz Tech Beat previously wrote about UCSC Professor Emeritus David Cope in JamBandit puts music..
Programmers looking to crowdfund ‘Droidles’ project
by Jennifer Pittman Santa Cruz Sentinel (photo credit: Shmuel Thaler, Santa Cruz Sentinel) Aromas engineer has big plans for mini robots. If funded, Droidles..
Plantronics brings PC games to life with Rig Surround at Gamescom 2014
(contributed) Dolby® 7.1 Surround Sound headset offers full-featured audio controller and peerless audio performance Plantronics announced two new PC gaming..
New Lifetime Rebuildable Battery Takes Worry Out of Buying Electric Vehicles
by Sara Isenberg Publisher, Santa Cruz Tech Beat Electric vehicle (EV) technology developer NTS Works has created a small and powerful battery that can be..
We Are Tuul
by Wayne Tsuchitani Tuul [Editor’s note: Santa Cruz Tech Beat published a previous article about Tuul on July 5, 2014.] Reimagining Customer Support..
Lise Quintana in Fast Company: How to Build a Feminist Workplace
by Elizabeth Segran Fast Company [Editor’s note: Lise Quintana, founder of Santa Cruz based Narrative Technologies, was recently featured in Fast..
Peggy Dolgenos on the Economic Vitality Strategy
by Alex Feldman Civinomics [Editor’s note: The deadline for feedback on the EVS has been extended to August 15, 2014.] Peggy Dolgenos is the Chair of..