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UCSC Hires Game Designer Erin Robinson Swink as Creative Director of Master’s Program
By Tim Stephens UC Santa Cruz December 16, 2015 — Santa Cruz, CA The Baskin School of Engineering at UC Santa Cruz has hired acclaimed independent game developer Erin Robinson Swink to be the creative […]
MBEP Reviews Productive First Year
(Contributed) (Image above: MBEP provides a variety of regional data on their website, including this map about Higher Education, Labs, Institutes and Military education and research facilities.) December 17, 2015 — Marina, CA It’s been […]
Lloyd Tabb on How to Spot and Magnify the Powers of Your Engineering Superheroes
(Source: First Round) December 16, 2015 — Santa Cruz, CA Thought Leadership from Looker’s Lloyd Tabb on Aquaman, The Flash, The Priest, and The Spielberg It may not be instinctual to link director Christopher Nolan […]
Futuristic Lights Presents Æther
By Kevin Karplus Proud dad of one of the founders of Futuristic Lights and Professor, Biomolecular Engineering, UC Santa Cruz December 16, 2015 — Santa Cruz, CA [Editor’s note: Futuristic Lights is a home grown […]
A Silicon Valley for AgTech? Innovation Center for Startups Opens in Salinas
By Bryce Druzin Silicon Valley Business Journal (Photo above: Western Growers President and CEO Tom Nassif delivers opening remarks at the opening of the innovation center. Behind him are, from left to right, Vic Smith, […]
Central Coast Angels Invest in Electric Skateboard Startup
By Sara Isenberg Founder, Publisher, Editor-in-Chief, Santa Cruz Tech Beat December 15, 2015 — Santa Cruz, CA Just when I thought the year was winding down (from a local tech news perspective) and that the […]
CODE: Debugging the Gender Gap, Local Screening Jan 14
By Sara Isenberg Founder, Publisher, Editor-in-Chief, Santa Cruz Tech Beat December 10, 2015 — Santa Cruz, CA The Baskin School of Engineering at UC Santa Cruz invites the public for a screening and discussion of […]
The 30 Year Old Company You’ve Never Heard Of
By Sara Isenberg Founder, Publisher, Editor-in-Chief, Santa Cruz Tech Beat December 10, 2015 — Scotts Valley, CA (Photo above: The Kopin Golden-i 3.8M is a ruggedized computer that you wear on your head. Source: IDE) […]
Santa Cruz #FIBER #LOVE becomes serious city business
By Steve Blum Tellus Venture Associates Special to Santa Cruz Tech Beat December 10, 2015 — Santa Cruz, CA It’s a love fest, several Santa Cruz city council members declared on Wednesday afternoon, as they […]
$1.76M UC Research Catalyst Award Supports Conservation Genomics Project
By Tim Stephens UC Santa Cruz December 10, 2015 — Santa Cruz, CA (Photo above: Beth Shapiro, professor of ecology and evolutionary biology at UC Santa Cruz, is co-director of the project to preserve biodiversity […]