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UC Santa Cruz creates new Department of Computational Media
by Tim Stephens UC Santa Cruz (Michael Mateas, above, is chair of the new Department of Computational Media. Photo credit: C. Lagattuta) New department builds on the success of the campus’s pathbreaking programs in games […]
Acclaimed game designer joins UC Santa Cruz faculty
by Scott Rappaport UC Santa Cruz [Editor’s note: In a related article, VentureBeat published UC Santa Cruz taps Journey co-creator Robin Hunicke to teach game development. For more see Wikipedia.] Award-winning game designer and producer […]
25 Things That Happened 25 Years Ago
(by Cruzio) And Cruzio Internet was one of them November marks the 25th Anniversary of Cruzio Internet and we’re celebrating this landmark by thanking you — our incredible members, partners and friends — and remembering […]
Water initiatives open for public evaluation until November 2
[Editor’s note: FYI, in addition to the Civinomics online workshop (link below), the short film Water for Santa Cruz County is showing on Tuesday, October 28, 7:30pm at The Rio.] by Robert Singleton Civinomics Last […]
MakersFactory launches GBL Cube for turn-key game-based learning
(contributed) GBL Cube brings game-based learning capabilities to K-12 classrooms. Small Intel NUC server comes loaded with software, tools, lessons and a self-contained wi-fi network. Developed in-house, the product is priced at $1500. MakersFactory, a […]
Google rumored to lead in $500M investment in Magic Leap
[Editor’s note: Although the news about Google investing heavily in Magic Leap has been spread widely in the past week, the only source of the information at press time appears to be this Recode article. […]
Looker moves into The Ritt
by Jondi Gumz Santa Cruz Sentinel [Editor’s note: Santa Cruz Tech Beat published related articles, A New Lookout for Looker, on June 13, 2014, and More on Looker moving into the Rittenhouse Building on June […]
Watch: Mixing science and tech for Ebola vaccine
Sara Isenberg Santa Cruz Tech Beat, publisher [Editor’s note: Santa Cruz Tech Beat published Round-the-clock work on new Ebola genome browser (October 2, 2014) about how a team of UC Santa Cruz genomics researchers released […]
PayStand launches API
From PayStand’s Our Big Announcement blog post on October 10, 2014: If you missed FinDEVr last week, then you missed some big news. We showcased two exciting developments; the launch of our open API, and […]
Ambitious lineup for Santa Cruz New Tech in November
by Sara Isenberg Santa Cruz Tech Beat, Publisher MiiPharos, Tuul, PredPol, CityBlooms, and 2 stealth startups The Santa Cruz New Tech Meetup has recently posted their ambitious line up for November. Learn about hot new […]