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Tomorrow Sleep launches direct-to-consumer sleep system with Fullpower Technology inside
(Contributed) June 27, 2017 — New York, NY and Santa Cruz, CA Tomorrow Sleep, Powered by Serta Simmons Bedding, Launches with Innovative Direct-to-Consumer Sleep System Fullpower’s Sleeptracker® technology makes your bed a smart bed Tomorrow […]
What You Should Know About Salinas’ Third Annual Forbes Agtech Summit
(Source: City of Salinas) June 27, 2017 — Salinas, CA For the third straight year, Salinas will play host to some of the brightest minds in the agtech industry for the 2017 Forbes Agtech Summit. […]
Vietnamese AgTech delegation comes to Salinas
(Contributed) June 27, 2017 — Salinas, CA Last April, a group of Vietnamese agriculture business delegates visited Salinas for one specific reason. They wanted to learn about and acquire the latest AgTech solutions that exist […]
Pearl Automation shuts down
Source: Axios June 26, 2017 — Scotts Valley, CA The Scotts Valley-based company came out of stealth mode a year ago, previously having raised $50M in funding Pearl Automation, an automotive startup founded by former […]
Google-affiliated company testing delivery drones in former Fort Ord
By Caitlin Conrad KSBW8 June 23, 2017 — Seaside, CA (Image above: KSBW reports on drone testing at Fort Ord in Seaside. Source: KSBW on YouTube) Alphabet Inc is using the former Fort Ord to […]
Dr. Sue Carter invested as Narinder Kapany Professor in Entrepreneurship
By Sara Isenberg Founder, Publisher, Editor-in-Chief, Santa Cruz Tech Beat June 22, 2017 — Santa Cruz, CA (Photo above: L-R, Chancellor George Blumenthal, Professor Emeritus Narinder Kapany, and Dr. Sue Carter at McHenry Library, UCSC, […]
Nina Simon on Abbott Square: Not your typical museum expansion
Sara Isenberg Founder, Publisher, Editor-in-Chief, Santa Cruz Tech Beat June 22, 2017 — Santa Cruz, CA (Photo source: Abbott Square Facebook Page.) [Note: It’s not tech but from time to time we publish community-oriented news […]
Game Research Lab at CSUMB combines technology and practical research
By Scott Roark CSUMB June 21, 2017 — Seaside, CA (Photo above: (L-R): Alyssia Goodwin, Morgan Juran, and Brandon Woodard demonstrate a low-cost, prosthetic arm and hand. Juran, who was born missing the lower part […]
Chris Miller: Careful what you wish for
By Chris Miller CEO, Launch Brigade June 21, 2017 — Santa Cruz, CA I moved our business to Santa Cruz in 2008, a point when all the geeky people in silos were joining together, in […]
Buoy wins VERGE Accelerate pitch competition in Hawaii
By Sara Isenberg Founder, Publisher, Editor-in-Chief, Santa Cruz Tech Beat June 20, 2017 — Honolulu, Hawaii (Photo above: Keri Waters, Buoy cofounder, pitches at the VERGE Hawaii Asia Pacific Clean Energy Summit and wins the […]