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Tech classes aimed at beginners unveiled at Santa Cruz Public Libraries
By Diane Cowan Santa Cruz Public Library August 31, 2017 — Santa Cruz, CA Basic MAC and Windows, how to search the internet, how to send email, and more planned a branch libraries throughout the […]
Scott Design: What’s your favorite color?
By Kirsti Scott Scott Design August 30, 2017 — Santa Cruz, CA That’s the question we asked… … and 3,750+ people from 141 countries have answered! Since November 2011, survey respondents have weighed in on […]
Braving a Frontier Market with Underwater Drones
By Erik Dyrkoren, Blueye Robotics, Co-founder and CEO Special to Santa Cruz Tech Beat August 30, 2017 — Santa Cruz, CA (Photo above: The Blueye Pioneer is able to dive eight times deeper than the […]
Santa Cruz Chamber of Commerce to honor community leaders
(Contributed) August 29, 2017 — Santa Cruz. CA Honorees include Plantronics, Nina Simon, Lance Linares and others The Santa Cruz Area Chamber of Commerce is pleased to announce that it will honor Lance Linares, René […]
$300K grant awarded to bolster computer science education in Santa Cruz public schools
(Contributed) August 29, 2017 — Santa Cruz, CA The Santa Cruz City Schools, Santa Cruz Education Foundation and Education, Training and Research (ETR) have been awarded a 2-year, $300,000 National Science Foundation grant to address […]
Economic Development meets Crowdfunding at ComCap17 in Monterey, Sept 10-13
(Contributed) August 24, 2017 — Monterey, CA The “ComCap17” conference will be held at independent venues throughout downtown Monterey, California, September 10-13, 2017 The “ComCap17” conference will kick off September 10 in Monterey, featuring local […]
City of Santa Cruz Economic Development Office releases guide to help freelancers get started
By Sara Isenberg Founder, Publisher, Editor-in-Chief August 24, 2017 — Santa Cruz, CA The City of Santa Cruz Economic Development Office (EDO) has just released a guide filled with how-to information, recommendations, and tips on […]
NSF awards $1.5 million grant for data science research at UCSC
By Tim Stephens UC Santa Cruz August 24, 2017 — Santa Cruz, CA A cross-disciplinary team of computer scientists, statisticians, and mathematicians is developing the theoretical foundations of the emerging field of data science [Editor’s […]
National Drive Electric Week EVent comes to Santa Cruz
By Beverly DesChaux, President, Electric Auto Association Central Coast Chapter; City Co-Captain, National Drive Electric Week Special to Santa Cruz Tech Beat August 23, 2017 — Santa Cruz, CA (Photo above: National Plug In Day […]
Futuristic Lights’ new product: Ion C2C
By Kevin Karplus Proud dad of one of the founders of Futuristic Lights and Professor, Biomolecular Engineering, UC Santa Cruz August 23, 2017 — Santa Cruz, CA The Kickstarter for fidget spinners didn’t succeed, so Futuristic […]