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Startup Weekend Santa Cruz: change the world in 54 hours!
By Tom Beckett Member of the Startup Weekend Santa Cruz organizing team Special to Santa Cruz Tech Beat September 28, 2016 — Santa Cruz, CA (Photo above: Teams form quickly after the Friday night pitch […]
Santa Cruz Public Library announces series of cybersecurity workshops
By Diane Cowen Santa Cruz Public Library September 28, 2016 — Santa Cruz, CA Workshops to be offered by Santa Cruz Public Libraries During National Cybersecurity Awareness Month in October The Santa Cruz Public Library […]
CSUMB selected to receive $5.6M STEM grant
(Contributed) September 28, 2016 — Seaside, CA California State University Monterey Bay (CSUMB) has been selected to receive funding under the Department of Education’s Hispanic-Serving Institutions (STEM) Program in the amount of $5,622,466. The award, […]
CSUMB students, local researchers to benefit from NOAA Grant
(Source: CSUMB news.) September 28, 2016 — Seaside, CA CSUMB is one of six universities across the nation that will benefit from a new five-year, $15.5-million National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Center for Coastal […]
Pearl begins shipping, announces partnerships with Amazon and Crutchfield
(Contributed) September 27, 2016 — Scotts Valley, CA RearVision, the wireless automotive backup camera and alert system provides advanced driver assistance features that improve over time. Today, Pearl Automation Inc. (Pearl), the company bringing the […]
Dovetail Genomics Adds PacBio SMRT Sequencing and Assembly to Its Services Menu
(contributed) September 23, 2016 — Santa Cruz, CA Dovetail customers can now incorporate PacBio’s Single Molecule, Real-Time (SMRT) long-read sequencing into their genome assembly projects; companies to co-market Dovetail offering Pacific Biosciences of California, Inc., […]
Coworking: Iris Kavanagh & Maya Delano talk about mastering time and space
By Sara Isenberg Founder, Publisher, Editor-in-Chief, Santa Cruz Tech Beat September 22, 2016 — Santa Cruz, CA In a blast from the not-so-distant past (but more so because I recently became aware of this video), […]
Erika Check Hayden named third director of SciCom program at UCSC
(Source: UCSC Science Communication Program website) September 22, 2016 — Santa Cruz, CA (Photo above: Journalist and incoming SciCom director Erika Check Hayden. Credit: Trish Tunney) Veteran science journalist Erika Check Hayden, senior reporter for […]
Demand for Inboard’s M1 has “exceeded our wildest expectations”
(Source: Inboard’s blog) September 22, 2016 — Santa Cruz CA September has moved very quickly here at Inboard. Primary objectives since our last update have been: Hand build, quality check and ship as many Kickstarter […]
Virtru makes encrypted email easy, starts hiring in Santa Cruz
By Brian Hansen Virtru Corp, Vice President of Infrastructure and Operations Special to Santa Cruz Tech Beat September 21, 2016 — Santa Cruz, CA Your email is about as safe as an unlocked bike in […]