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Five in Five: Gerry Barañano of Tech Future’s Group
By Sarah Vickers-WebbProduction DirectorSanta Cruz Tech Beat July 9, 2020 — Santa Cruz, CA Director explains how Tech Futures Group helps small tech businesses at all levels of formation Over the past few weeks, Santa […]
VIRTUAL 2nd Annual Monterey Bay DART Symposium Scheduled for October
(Source: Monterey Bay DART) July 9, 2020 — Marina, CA “Innovation & Recovery” theme highlights cutting edge technologies and focuses on COVID-19 economic recovery The 2nd Annual Monterey Bay Drone, Automation & Robotics Technology (DART) Symposium will […]
How DNA revealed the woolly mammoth’s fate – and what it teaches us today
Kate WhitingSenior Writer, Formative ContentWorld Economic Forum July 8, 2020 — Santa Cruz, CA (Image source: UC Santa Cruz Genomics Institute) UC Santa Cruz research reveals connectivity between habitats is a big factor in helping […]
Zoom announces Poly as one of four providers of new Hardware as a Service program
(Contributed) July 8, 2020 — Santa Cruz, CA (Image source: Zoom) Zoom HaaS will make Zoom Rooms and Zoom Phone more accessible by minimizing friction around hardware procurement. Zoom Video Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: ZM) today announced […]
Community Printers Contribute to COVID Response Efforts
By Community Printers July 8, 2020 — Santa Cruz, CA (Photos above: A selection of Community Printers’ floor graphics, designed to look like traffic signs for purposes of social distancing. Contributed.) Local printing company rises […]
Campus marks 20th anniversary of posting the assembled genome to the Internet
By Alexis Morgan Alexis MorganCommunications Manager, UC Santa Cruz Genomics Institute July 7, 2020 — Santa Cruz, CA (Photo above: A copy of the first draft of the human genome sequence burned onto a CD-ROM […]
Musings on the Future of AgTech
By Dennis DonohueDirector of Western Growers Center for Innovation & Technology July 7, 2020 — Salinas, CA (Photo above: From left to right: Hank Giclas, King City Mayor Mike LeBarre, and Dennis Donohue at the […]
Five in Five: Patrick Reilly, Intellectual Property Attorney, IP Society Founder & Tech Futures IP Expert
By Sarah Vickers-WebbDirector of ProductionSanta Cruz Tech Beat June 25, 2020 — Santa Cruz, CA Local attorney advises small business and startups to do an “IP audit” For this week’s Five and Five interview, we […]
Santa Cruz Works: Nir Eyal Presents “Indistractable”
June 25, 2020 — Santa Cruz, CA Webinar: Nir Eyal Presents “Indistractable” Nir Eyal’s Indistractable Wed, Jul 1, 2020, 7-10 PM LIVESTREAM Register NOW Ever get the feeling the world is full of too many […]
Raising a glass (and funds) for research
By Dan WhiteUC Santa Cruz June 25, 2020 — Santa Cruz, CA (Photo above: The virologist Rebecca DuBois, UC Santa Cruz associate professor of biomolecular engineering, holding a bottle of “Going Viral” wine from Michael […]