Time to tango: Sara Isenberg’s last dance with Santa Cruz Tech Beat
By Wallace BaineLookout Santa Cruz June 4, 2021 — Santa Cruz, CA (Photo above: Sara Isenberg founded the Santa Cruz Tech Beat website in 2013. Credit:..
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Invaluable Partners: Baskin School of Engineering and Santa Cruz Tech Beat
By Abigail Kaun, Executive Advisor to the DeanBaskin School of Engineering, UC Santa Cruz June 4, 2021 — Santa Cruz, CA Santa Cruz Tech Beat has helped forge..
Astronomers track down fast radio bursts to galaxies’ spiral arms
By Donna Weaver (STScI) & Tim Stephens (UCSC) May 27, 2021 — Santa Cruz, CA (Image above: Hunting for the neighborhoods of enigmatic, fast radio..
Voices of the Valley: Candace Wilson, GreenVenus
(Source: Voices of the Valley) May 27, 2021 — Salinas, CA (Photo above: Candace Wilson, VP of Business Development at GreenVenus. Source: LinkedIn)..
Parallel Flight Technologies: $4M Raised & New Signed LOIs
(Source: Parallel Flight Technologies) May 27, 2021 — La Selva, CA From PFT newsletter: Parallel Flight Technologies’ Regulation A+ offering has..
Why Joby Aviation wants to focus on the simplicity of things by following the simplest principles and solutions to take an electric aircraft off the ground
By Manfred Hader and Stephan BaurRolanderberger May 27, 2021 — Santa Cruz, CA “Nearly all of Joby’s success can be attributed to two major..
Paystand and Sage Partner to Make B2B Payments Instant, Intuitive, and Cashless for Sage Intacct Users
(Contributed) May 26, 2021 — Scotts Valley, CA Paystand – the fastest growing, blockchain-enabled B2B payments platform – today announced its..
G. Craig Vachon to Lead AI Redefined as CEO
(Contributed) May 19, 2021 — Montreal and Santa Cruz AI Redefined (AIR), a human-AI collaboration technology start-up, has fulfilled its own corporate..
Monterey Conference Center and Immersive Design Studios Debut State-of-the-Art Studio Space for Virtual and Hybrid Events
(Business Wire) May 19, 2021 — Monterey, CA The Monterey Conference Center and Immersive Design Studios has announced a new 10,000-square-foot CANVAS..
Western Growers Selects 13 Innovation Companies for First Harvest Automation Cohort
By Stephanie MetzingerWestern Growers May 19, 2021 — Irvine and Salinas, CA [Editor’s note: Many of these selected companies are associated with..
Science to the people
By Dan WhiteUC Santa Cruz May 19, 2021 — Santa Cruz, CA Alumnus George Kraw reflects on the success of the popular Kraw Lecture Series, which turns..
Virtual reality warps your sense of time
By Allison Arteaga SoergelUC Santa Cruz May 19, 2021 — Santa Cruz, CA (Image above: Participants in the study played this maze game both in virtual..
You Don’t Have to Work at Goldman Sachs. I Promise.
By Marc RandolphCo-founder and first CEO of Netflix May 19, 2021 — Santa Cruz, CA A few years ago, as I was finishing That Will Never Work, my..
Cruz Foam Secures $1 Million National Science Foundation Small Business Innovation Research Phase II Grant
(Contributed) May 19, 2021 — Santa Cruz, CA California startup’s patented sustainable EPS foam replacement moves toward scalable commercial production..
Parallel Flight Technologies customer pipeline continues to grow (and other milestones)
By Sara Beth AshbaughCommunications, Parallel Flight Technologies May 14, 2021 — La Selva, CA Parallel Flight Technologies (PFT), an industrial-grade..
Replay: IPO Edge Hosts Air Mobility III with Joby Aviation’s senior leadership
(Source: IPO Edge) May 13, 2021 — Santa Cruz, CA (Photos above: L to R, Paul Sciarra, Executive Chairman of Joby Aviation; Dan Elwell Advisor for Joby..
SupplyShift recognized in 2021 Gartner Market Guide for Supplier Sustainability Applications
(Source: SupplyShift) May 13, 2021 — Santa Cruz, CA Companies are facing pressure to address ESG issues in the supply chain. In a 2021 report by Gartner,..
Poly Announces Voyager Focus 2, Next Generation of Poly’s Best-Selling Wireless Headsets
(Contributed) May 13, 2021 — Santa Cruz, CA (Photo above: The Poly Voyager Focus 2. Contributed) The Voyager Focus 2 Brings Acoustic Excellence and..
New tools enable rapid analysis of coronavirus sequences and tracking of variants
By Tim StephensUC Santa Cruz May 13, 2021 — Santa Cruz, CA UShER allows researchers to quickly see how a new viral sequence is related to all other..
Ultrasensitive antigen test detects SARS-CoV-2 and influenza viruses
By Tim StephensUC Santa Cruz May 13, 2021 — Santa Cruz, CA (Image above: This illustration shows the setup of the optofluidic chip for rapid detection of..
Q&A: AI for dogs? What’s the Companion story?
By Sara IsenbergFounder, Publisher, Editor-in-Chief, Santa Cruz Tech Beat May 6, 2021 — Santa Cruz, CA I love tips and I received one recently (thanks,..
WGCIT: Women Revolutionizing Ag through Tech (Watch Panel)
(Source: Western Grower Center for Innovation & Technology) May 6, 2021 — Salinas, CA During our “WGCIT Farms to Incubators Virtual Panel” on..
Cosmic: Nonprofits, Master the 3 Pillars of Digital Engagement for Maximum Social Impact
By Eric ResslerCosmic May 6, 2021 — Santa Cruz, CA (Image source: Cosmic) Your nonprofit must focus on digital engagement just as you do program work...
Paystand: Blockchain as the Future of EIPP Software
(Source: Paystand blog) May 6, 2021 — Scotts Valley, CA What is EIPP 33% percent of mid-sized businesses report that the time it takes to process..
Project to read genomes of all 70,000 vertebrate species reports first discoveries
(Source: Howard Hughs Medical Institute and Baskin Engineering ) May 6, 2021 — Santa Cruz, CA (Image source: Nature.com) A bold project to read the..