Food Origins receives scholarship to advance AgTech development
(Contributed) February 14, 2017 — Salinas, CA [Editor’s note: Santa Cruz Tech Beat published Q&A: Nathan Dorn, Food Origins, on solving..
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GameSpace offers a playable visualization of 16,000 videogames
By Tim Stephens UC Santa Cruz February 14, 2017 — Santa Cruz, CA UC Santa Cruz researchers developed the game as a tool to help people discover games..
Q&A: Matthew Swinnerton on The Titans of Tech
By Sara Isenberg Founder, Publisher, Editor-in-Chief, Santa Cruz Tech Beat February 9, 2017 — Santa Cruz, CA Ten titans talking from the heart I had the..
What’s the connection? Coral reefs, crochet, hyperbolic geometry
By Sara Isenberg Founder, Publisher, Editor-in-Chief, Santa Cruz Tech Beat February 9, 2017 — Santa Cruz, CA (Photo above: The Toxic Reef at the the Sant..
Pearl’s little device may save you from a ticket
By John Daniel Pearl, Product Development February 9, 2017 — Scotts Valley, CA “Here in California, a law came into effect on January 1st, 2017..
Opinion: The Earth does not need us, we need the Earth
By Natasha Wist BenitoLink February 8, 2017 — Hollister, CA The importance of supporting Monterey Bay Community Power project in these critical times I..
Agtech facing labor shortage challenge
By Amy Wu The Californian February 8, 2017 — Salinas, CA With a growing global population, labor shortage, rising cost of doing business, water and land..
Watch: Data Analytics in Virtual Reality… Because Why Not?
By Wil Gieseler Looker Engineering February 8, 2017 — Santa Cruz, CA The Creation of LookVR On the engineering team at Looker we regularly do hack days..
SCTECH 2017 offers hands-on STEM experience for students in grades 7-12
By Rose Garcia, SCTECH Sponsorship Lead, and Emily O’Neal, SCTECH Director Special to Santa Cruz Tech Beat February 8, 2017 — Santa Cruz, CA (Photo..
Q&A: Transform Company Culture by Transforming How Workers Approach Data
By Linda L. Briggs Upside February 2, 2017 — Santa Cruz, CA (Photo above: Frank Bien is Looker’s CEO.) Frank Bien is the CEO of BI and analytics..