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Western Growers Opens AgTech Innovation Arena Competition
(Contributed) August 31, 2016 — Irvine and Salinas, CA Agtech startups can now apply to compete for invaluable ag industry resources Western Growers (WG) officially launched the second annual Innovation Arena Competition today, which will […]
Database for National Cancer Moonshot Initiative Born in the Santa Cruz Foothills
By David Haussler Scientific Director, UC Santa Cruz Genomics Institute August 31, 2016 — Santa Cruz, CA Sixteen years ago, UC Santa Cruz’s nascent Genomics Institute won a race against Craig Venter’s private Celera Genomics […]
NextSpace launches second coworking space in Silicon Valley
(Contributed) August 30, 2016 — Santa Cruz, CA NextSpace partners with the SJSV Chamber to open NextSpace Silicon Valley at The SJSV Chamber NextSpace has partnered with the San Jose Silicon Valley Chamber of Commerce to […]
Taylor Farms looks to new technologies to attract millennial workers
By Amy Wu The Californian August 25, 2016 — Salinas, CA (Photo above: Taylor Farms is stepping up its automated technologies to increase efficiency and attract younger workers. Credit: Amy Wu) Israel Ramirez considers himself […]
Q&A: Nathan Dorn, Food Origins, on solving growers’ problems
By Jan Janes Special to Santa Cruz Tech Beat August 25, 2016 – Salinas, CA (Photo above: Food Origins has data trials that show who picked it, where they were standing when they did, the […]
Watch: Inboard M1 Walkthrough with CEO Ryan Evans (plus shipping progress update)
(Source: Inboardtechnology.com) August 25, 2016 — Santa Cruz, CA The folks at Inboard say: “We’ve received a number of requests asking about different aspects of the final production M1, and we feel the best way […]
Fuzz Stati0n, Slick, Tiny Garage, Futbol Connect, Impact Scorecards
(Source: meetup.com) August 25, 2016 — Santa Cruz, CA (Photo above: Amanda Rotella, Tom Padula, and Doug Erickson take a selfie at the Santa Cruz New Tech Meetup last June. Contributed.) Here’s the Santa Cruz […]
Ocean Program Celebrates 20 Years, Online Curriculum To Go National
By Laura Barnes Walker and Liz Kroft Special to Santa Cruz Tech Beat August 24, 2016 — Santa Cruz, CA (Photo above: Students participate in O’Neill Sea Odyssey ocean learning in 2012. Contributed.) O’Neill Sea […]
Q&A: Alexander Wolf, New Dean of Baskin Engineering
By Sara Isenberg Founder, Publisher, Editor-in-Chief, Santa Cruz Tech Beat August 24, 2016 — Santa Cruz, CA (Photo above: Alexander Wolf is the new dean of the Baskin School of Engineering at UC Santa Cruz. […]
Audio: Looker Explores 20 years of Census Data
By Sara Isenberg Founder, Publisher, Editor-in-Chief, Santa Cruz Tech Beat August 19, 2016 — Santa Cruz, CA Public datasets contain a wealth of information about our world—everything from which roads have the most potholes to […]