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Watch: The Science Behind Predicting Crime
(PredPol videos) April 18, 2015 — Santa Cruz, CA [Updated April 27, 2015] Dr. Jeffrey Brantingham, Professor of Anthropology, UCLA, and co-founder of PredPol, explains “The Science Behind Predictive Policing” and “Making Predictive Policing Practical” […]
Where Agriculture and Tech Intersect
By Rosaeann Hernandez Good Times April 18, 2015 — Santa Cruz, CA 2nd Santa Cruz County Ag-Tech Meetup Wed, April 29, 6pm Digital NEST, 17 Aspen Way, Watsonville, CA RSVP here Read about the 1st […]
Watch: Jacob Martinez Speaks at Tech Meetup at the White House
By Sara Isenberg Editor-in-Chief, Santa Cruz Tech Beat April 18, 2015 — Watsonville, CA He’s back at the White House, again! Last week, Santa Cruz Tech Beat published “Mr. Martinez Goes to Washington” about Digital […]
Philippe Kahn on The Future of Wearable Tech
By By Sophie Charara Wareable.com April 18, 2015 — Santa Cruz, CA (Above: Philippe Kahn, the CEO at Fullpower, the company behind MotionX. Photo credit: wareable.com) MotionX boss on creating a better future for wearable […]
How to Get the Rent On-time From Millennials
By Diana Holm PayStand April 18, 2015 — Scotts Valley, CA PayStand’s eCheck checkout interface allows renters to set up a recurring monthly payment, direct from their checking account using their secure bank login. As […]
Digital Arts and New Media Celebrates 10 years with Pan-DANM-onium
By Scot Rappaport UC Santa Cruz April 18, 2015 — Santa Cruz, CA Pan-DANM-onium: A daylong celebratory extravaganza UC Santa Cruz The Digital Arts and New Media (DANM) 10th Anniversary Saturday, April 25, 2015 10am […]
Beth Shapiro Explains the Science of ‘De-Extinction’ in New Book
By Tim Stephens UC Santa Cruz April 18, 2015 — Santa Cruz, CA A leading expert on ancient DNA, Shapiro aims to separate science from science fiction in her new book ‘How to Clone a […]
Mr. Martinez Goes to Washington
By Sara Isenberg Editor-in-Chief, Santa Cruz Tech Beat (Photo above: Digital NEST members at the White House with Megan Smith, CTO of the United States, and a NASA robot. Contributed) Digital NEST at the White […]
MakersFactory Partners with Distributor for Game-Based Learning Cube
(BusinessWire) April 10, 2015 — Santa Cruz, CA (Above: Teacher’s training session on the GBL Cube Classroom Game Server held at the Monterey Bay Aquarium for Pajaro Valley Unified School District. Photo: contributed.) [Editor’s note: […]
Startups Breathe New Life into “Old Borland” Building
By Erica Zeidenberg Hot Tomato Marketing (Photos: contributed) With asking prices for rents in Silicon Valley and San Francisco around $60+ a square foot, an opportunity is near by with rents that are a puny […]