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Watch: Parallel Flight Technologies featured on The Weather Channel
By Sara IsenbergFounder, Publisher, Editor-in-Chief, Santa Cruz Tech Beat October 28, 2020 — La Selva Beach, CA The Weather Channel recently featured local heavy-lift drone startup, Parallel Flight Technologies. “Parallel Flight Technologies is getting noticed […]
Braingeneer group publication explores neurological control of flexible robots
By James McGirkBaskin School of Engineering October 27, 2020 — Santa Cruz, CA Controlling a robot’s movement typically requires laborious programming. A team of UC Santa Cruz researchers in the Braingeneers group are applying a […]
UCSC iGEM team seeks a solution to plastic waste
By Rose MiyatsuUC Santa Cruz October 27, 2020 — Santa Cruz, CA (Photo above: Covid-19 and wildfires made lab work especially challenging for the students on this year’s iGEM team. Pictured here are Tyler Ziccardi, […]
Pat Reilly: The Supremes Consider US Trademark Registration of “Generic” Domain Names
By Pat Reilly, Intellectual Property/Patent Attorney, and Clio Mykland, Technical WriterSpecial to Santa Cruz Tech Beat October 27, 2020 – Santa Cruz, CA (Photo above: Patrick Reilly is an Intellectual Property/Patent Attorney practicing in Santa […]
Local award recognizes UCSC’s efforts to provide local testing for coronavirus infections
By Tim StephensUC Santa Cruz October 22, 2020 — Santa Cruz, CA (Photo above: Specialist Scott La working in the UCSC Molecular Diagnostic Lab. Photo by C. Lagattuta) ‘Be the Difference’ Award honors UCSC Molecular […]
Steve Blum: AT&T kills wired broadband service for half a million Californians
By Steve Blum AT&T kills wired broadband service for half a million Californians By Steve BlumTellus Venture AssociatesSpecial to Santa Cruz Tech Beat (Photo: Contributed) October 22, 2020 — Santa Cruz, CA AT&T’s decision to […]
Watch: New video showcases Startup Sandbox incubator and its partnership with UCSC
By Startup Sandbox leadershipSpecial to Santa Cruz Tech Beat October 21, 2020 — Santa Cruz, CA UCSC leaders and startup founders talk about the local bioscience incubator and associated biotech startups [Startup Sandbox Full Feature […]
Hear from Skydio, LivePlan, Noir Lighting, RoboticsCats, OutSchool, Canix at Nov 4 event
(Contributed) October 21, 2020 — Santa Cruz, CA Santa Cruz Works New Tech Wednesday, November 4, 2020 7-8pm ONLINE RSVP here. Santa Cruz Works New Tech event in November presents the following companies: Skydio – […]
The Internet of Things can Prevent Forest Fires
By James McGirkBaskin School of EngineeringSpecial to Santa Cruz Tech Beat October 20, 2020 — Santa Cruz, VA UCSC graduate student and professor use Internet of Things technology to create the next generation of fire […]
5 ways the new Looker dashboards make it easier to explore data
By Katie Gillespie & Elena RowellLooker Product Manager & Looker Product Marketing Manager, Google Cloud October 20, 2020 — Santa Cruz, CA Two years ago, we decided to rebuild the dashboard experience in Looker to […]