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Paystand: The Card Network Killer
By Daniella BourguettsPaystand December 1, 2020 — Scotts Valley, CA We’re nearing the end of 2020 — a year that brought unprecedented challenges for businesses. Over the past 11 months, businesses have dealt with a […]
Closing the digital gap will take persistence
By Freny CooperCOO and Program Manager for Broadband Initiative, Monterey Bay Economic Partnership December 1, 2020 — Marina, CA (Photo above: Freny Cooper is the COO and Program Manager for the Broadband Initiative, Monterey Bay […]
UCSC iGEM team wins gold, nominated for best environmental project
By Rose MiyatsuUC Santa Cruz December 1, 2020 — Santa Cruz, CA (Photo above: Covid-19 and wildfires made lab work especially challenging for the students on this year’s iGEM team. Co-captain Sophia Sneddon and team […]
How can we use machine learning to provide insights about COVID-19?
By Matt PatersonData Scientist, Cloud Brigade December 1, 2020 — Santa Cruz, CA The Problem How can we use Machine Learning to provide insights that will help public policy makers and officials save lives and […]
ApisProtect wins Start-Up Pitch Competition at the 6th Annual Women in Tech Festival
(Contributed) November 19, 2020 — Salinas, CA and Cork, Ireland This year hundreds of applications were received for the 6th Annual Women in Tech Start-Up Pitch Competition. A short-list of six global start-ups was chosen […]
UCSC HCI Lab seeks to interview community members in Creative EDG2’s pursuit to provide students with real-world experiential learning
By Amelia Wang, Graduate Student, Baskin School of Engineering, UCSC, and David Lee, Assistant Professor, Computational Media, Faculty Director, Tech4Good Lab, UCSCSpecial for Santa Cruz Tech Beat November 19, 2020 — Santa Cruz, CA Who […]
E-Learning Innovator Nucleos secures Seed Funding from the National Science Foundation
(Contributed) November 15, 2020 — Santa Cruz, CA Secure technology platform providing cloud-based education to prisoners is awarded National Science Foundation grant Nucleos, the company helping incarcerated and formerly incarcerated individuals to create second chances […]
Listen: The Era of Heavy Lift Drones: Joshua Resnick, CEO Parallel Flight Technologies
(Source: Drone Radio Show) November 18, 2020 — La Selva Beach, CA What’s a heavy lift drone and how can it help transport cargo or support industrial applications? For that question we head to northern […]
Radioactive elements may be crucial to the habitability of rocky planets
By Tim StephensUC Santa Cruz November 18, 2020 — Santa Cruz, CA (Image above: These illustrations show three versions of a rocky planet with different amounts of internal heating from radioactive elements. The middle planet […]
Tom Steyer to Speak at MBEP State of the Region on Intersection of Environmental and Economic Policy
(Contributed) November 18, 2020 — Marina, CA Tom Steyer, business and climate leader and former 2020 presidential candidate will join the Monterey Economic Partnership (MBEP) 6 annual State of the Region on December 2, 2020. […]