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SupplyShift: Lenovo and PMI Commit to Product Transparency, Release Sustainability Scores and Rankings Publicly
(Contributed) November 5, 2020 — Santa Cruz, CA and Phoenix, AZ The Sustainability Consortium (TSC) and SupplyShift announce that Lenovo and PMI Worldwide are recommitting to their corporate sustainability goals by publicly releasing their THESIS […]
Resurrecting War Plan Blue: NPS Workshop Re-examines U.S. War Preparedness
By Matthew SchehlNaval Postgraduate School November 3, 2020 — Monterey, CA (Image above: How will emerging technologies contribute to enhancing the resiliency of naval forces? How do we best prepare for war with peer competition? […]
New $53 million grant to create a world-wide fleet of robotic floats to monitor ocean health
(Contributed) November 3, 2020 — Moss Landing, CA (Image above: This illustration shows how biogeochemical floats spend most of their time 1,000 meters below the surface, then collect data and send it back to shore […]
Western Growers Partners with Agri-TechE Ecosystem to Accelerate Field Harvest Automation
(Contributed) November 3, 2020 — Salinas, CA The partnership will focus on connecting farmers, scientists, academics, technologists and entrepreneurs in both the US and the UK Western Growers Center for Innovation & Technology (WGCIT), a […]
Big Ideas contest offers up to $20,000 for big ideas in social innovation
(Source: UCSC) November 3, 2020 — Santa Cruz, CA Big Ideas is the University of California’s leading early-stage social innovation competition. Now in its 15th year, Big Ideas provides funding up to $20,000, support, and […]
Genetic analysis system yields new insights into bacterial pneumonia
By Tim StephensUC Santa Cruz November 3, 2020 — Santa Cruz, CA (Photo above: Researchers developed an inducible CRISPR interference system to turn off individual genes in the bacteria that cause pneumococcal pneumonia. In the […]
SellHound Announces New CTO, CMO, Board Members
By Sara IsenbergFounder, Publisher, Editor-in-chief, Santa Cruz Tech Beat October 29, 2020 — Santa Cruz, CA SellHound has announced that Keith Lauver has joined the company as CMO (Chief Marketing Officer). Lauver is an experienced entrepreneur who […]
Decentralized fact checking and exploration platform, Wiseper, selected to participate in LaunchPad Fellowship
(Contributed) October 28, 2020 — Santa Cruz, CA (Photo above: UCSC Computer Science and Engineering Ph.D. student Fatemeh Mirzaei is one of 40 chosen for the LaunchPad Fellowship: Social Impact this fall. The program, offered […]
Paystand: What Payments Should B2B Businesses Accept?
By Daniella BourguettsPaystand October 28, 2020 — Scotts Valley, CA (Image above: Chart shows percentage of merchants using multiple payment methods. Source: Paystand blog) Over the past decade, payment methods have evolved to support different […]
DigitalNEST to celebrate 6th anniversary and expansion of Salinas location
(Contributed) October 28, 2020 — Watsonville, CA On Tuesday, November 17, 2020, DigitalNEST will celebrate the organization’s 6th anniversary online with a live (virtual) Facebook event. The organization will hold a virtual celebration and visual […]