$1M gift creates William Wallace Campbell Director’s Fund for Lick Observatory
By Tim Stephens UC Santa Cruz January 14, 2020 — Santa Cruz, CA (Photo: William Wallace Campbell served as director of Lick Observatory from 1901 to..
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Equal Access Santa Cruz Brings Fiber Optic Infrastructure to Capitola Area
(Contributed) January 14, 2020 — Santa Cruz, CA Cruzio was awarded a $2.45M grant to build high-speed fiber optic internet connectivity to underserved..
Startup Weekend Monterey Bay Returns to CSUMB
(Contributed) January 4, 2020 — Seaside, CA For the eighth consecutive year, California State University, Monterey Bay (CSUMB) is set to host Startup..
Design Santa Cruz has a Vision for 2020
(Source: Design Santa Cruz Meetup) By Ted Holladay January 9, 2020 — Santa Cruz, CA 2020 will be an exciting time for the Design Santa Cruz meetup...
BLIX eBIkes Transitions to New E-Commerce Model
(Contributed) January 9, 2020 — Santa Cruz, CA Blix ebikes now sells exclusively online, offers more affordable prices and partners with showrooms throughout..
Chuck Peddle Dies at 82; His $25 Chip Helped Start the PC Age
By Cade Metz New York Times January 7, 2020 — Santa Cruz, CA (Photo above: The computer engineer Chuck Peddle in 1977. The chip he helped develop powered..
Year in Review for Baskin School of Engineering, 2019
(Contributed) January 7, 2020 — Santa Cruz, CA Have a look at some of the amazing things students, faculty, and researchers at the UC Santa Cruz Baskin..
Watch: SNAP Ring Launches in London
(Contributed) January 7, 2020 — Santa Cruz, CA Snap Ring President, Justis Earle, reports that the Snap Ring is in production. The company launched their..
How genetics and social games drive evolution of mating systems in mammals
By Tim Stephens UC Santa Cruz January 7, 2020 — Santa Cruz, CA (Photo above: Yellow-bellied marmots — Marmot flaviventris — at the Rocky..
OPOS-Fullpower launches “The First 24/7 Opioid Compliance Solution”
(Contributed) January 7, 2020 — San Mateo and Santa Cruz, CA “Leveraging AI-innovation and Fullpower’s Sleep technology leadership, OPOS and..
Uber’s plan to launch an air taxi service in 2023 just got a boost from Joby Aviation
By Andrew J. Hawkins The Verge December 21, 2019 — Santa Cruz, CA (Photo above: An older rendering of Joby Aviation’s aircraft; the company has not..
UCSC HCI Experts Help Mediate between Oceangoing Robots, Scientists and Engineers
By James McGirk Baskin School of Engineering, UCSC December 12, 2019 — Santa Cruz, CA How to streamline the garbled three-way conversation between..
What happened to Inboard, Buoy (Resideo), YaDoggie?
By Sara Isenberg Founder, Publisher, Editor-in-chief, Santa Cruz Tech Beat December 12, 2019 — Santa Cruz, CA (Photo: The author decorated a bathroom based..
UCSC team chosen again to compete in Amazon’s Alexa Prize Challenge
By Tim Stephens UC Santa Cruz December 12, 2012 — Santa Cruz, CA [Photo above: The Athena project includes (left to right): Rishi Rajaskeran (CSE), Anna..
Why the Google-Looker Deal May Not Close This Year
By Ruchi Gupta Market Realist December 10, 2019 — Santa Cruz, CA When Google announced its acquisition of Looker in June, it said it expected to close..
Reestablishing trust in education (most of our users don’t realize that they’re using blockchain)
By Bart Meltzer CEO and founder, Trust Assurance Network Special for Santa Cruz Tech Beat December 10, 2019 — Santa Cruz, CA As far as inspiration for..
Ontera and QuantuMDx Collaborate to Advance Sepsis Diagnosis
(Contributed) December 10, 2019 — Santa Cruz, CA and Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK. Improving outcomes for sepsis patients and promoting antibiotic stewardship..
It’s Computer Science Education Week: Do You Know Where the Girls Are?
By Jill Denner Senior Research Scientist at ETR December 10, 2019 — Scotts Valley, Santa Cruz, Watsonville, CA (Photo source: Digital NEXT Instagram)..
Titans of Tech announced for 2020
(Source: Eventbrite) December 6, 2019 — Santa Cruz, CA SC Works New Tech Meetup invites you to the 4th Annual Titans of Tech event Wed, Jan 8, 2020,..
Former UCSC graduate researcher John Felts, now CEO and founder of Cruz Foam, describes the rewards, hard work and excitement of becoming an entrepreneur
(Source: Baskin School of Engineering) December 3, 2019 — Santa Cruz, CA John Felts studied Electrical and Computer Engineering at UC Santa Cruz before..
Crowd Machine 2020 Predictions: No code application and microservice development gain traction
By James Hanley CEO of CrowdMachine December 6, 2019 — Scotts Valley, CA Tired of Slow Digital Transformation, Enterprises Will Accelerate the Use of..
HubX: a new kind of tech center in Santa Cruz
By Anne-Marie Napoli, Ethan Summers, and the HubX Board December 3, 2019 — Santa Cruz, CA We are reaching out with the hope that you will support a new..
CruzHacks 2020 seeks mentors and judges for January event
(Source: CruzHacks website) December 3, 2019 — Santa Cruz, CA Last year, CruzHacks brought together 600+ student hackers from..
Crowd Machine and Optimum Team Up to Offer Accelerated Application Development
(Contributed) December 3, 2019 — Scotts Valley, CA Crowd Machine, the leading provider to Fortune 1000 companies of PaaS solutions for cloud migration,..
This Woman Entrepreneur Gives Farmers Information – to Grow
By Amy Wu Farms to Incubators December 3, 2019 — Salinas, CA (Photo above: Martha Montoya, President of AGTools. Source: Techonomy website)..