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DNA sequencer the size of a mobile phone
By Branwyn Wagman, UC Santa Cruz Genomics Institute Investigators at the UC Santa Cruz Genomics Institute have optimized performance of a mobile-phone-sized MinIONTM DNA sequencer, marketed by Oxford Nanopore. Their work was reported in Nature […]
10 Ways You Know You’re an Old School Santa Cruz Geek
by Thomas Leavitt Cofounder, Web Communications, LLC. (aka WebCom), the world’s first self-service web hosting company, founded in Santa Cruz in May 1994 by Chris Schefler and Thomas Leavitt. WebCom was sold to Verio (which […]
HuffPo on Digital NEST
By Dieter Holger Huffington Post February 26, 2015 — Watsonville, CA (Photo above: Digital NEST staff members prepare for a workshop. Credit: Angela Chilcott) Nonprofit technology center is removing barriers that youth face on the […]
The most beautiful place in the world
By Sara Isenberg Editor-in-Chief, Santa Cruz Tech Beat February 26, 2015 — Santa Cruz, CA MultiRotorCam’s Aerial Showreel 2015 showcases clips filmed in and around Santa Cruz and Monterey Bay. No other words are necessary. […]
Big Numerous update hits the app store
By Sara Isenberg Editor-in-Chief, Santa Cruz Tech Beat February 26, 2015 — Santa Cruz, CA [Santa Cruz Tech Beat previously published Introducing Numerous for iPad (December 4, 2014).] Numerous announces big update featuring real-time updates […]
Should the US Government Establish IoT Security Legislation?
By Maxine Bingham Editor-in-Chief, IoT Perspectives February 27, 2015 – Santa Cruz, CA (Image above courtesy of Stuart Miles, freedigitalphotos.net) The recent hacking of Anthem, of Anthem Blue Cross fame, and one of the largest […]
Fourth annual Ideas of March returns to CSUMB campus in March
By Sara Isenberg Editor-in-Chief, Santa Cruz Tech Beat February 26, 2015 — CSUMB Three-day Android Mobile App development competition is coming up March 13-15 The Ideas of March Hackathon is a three day Android Mobile […]
Magic Leap CEO Teases ‘Golden Tickets’ for Augmented-Reality Device
By Issie Lapowsky Wired February 26, 2015 — Santa Cruz, CA [Editor’s note: Magic Leap’s CEO Rony Abovitz did a Reddit AMA ask-me-anything thread on Feb 24 and answered many questions. There’s plenty of buzz […]
15 Apps to Boost Your Happiness
By Cat Johnson Freelance Writer February 27, 2015 — Santa Cruz, CA Since smartphones quicken the pace of life and work, it only seems fair that they should also help us recover from all that […]
OpenCounter: Taking an idea to the national scale
By Peter Koht OpenCounter Co-Founder February 20, 2015 — Santa Cruz, CA [Editor’s note: In a related article, Santa Cruz Tech Beat published OpenCounter: One of 5 Civic Tech Startups to Watch in 2015 (January […]