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Looker: Qventus helps hospitals plan through COVID-19 with data applications
By Brigitte RedaAnalytics Architects, Qventus April 27, 2021 — Santa Cruz, CA Qventus applies innovations in artificial intelligence, machine learning, behavioral science, and operations management to hospital operations. Our products include the first patient-flow automation […]
Upcoming Panel: Women Revolutionizing Ag through Tech
(Source: WGCIT) April 27, 2021 — Salinas, CA Join us as we speak to leading women who are revolutionizing agriculture through technology during our “WGCIT Farms to Incubators Virtual Panel” on Friday, April 30, 2021. […]
Farmers have more mouths to feed. Bring in the robots.
By Dalvin BrownWashington Post April 27, 2021 — Gonzales, CA (Photo above: Bear Flag Robotics equips ordinary farm tractors with autonomous software. Credit: Bear Flag Robotics) Companies are rolling out more machines powered by artificial […]
Salinas Valley Ag Tech Summit promotes importance of workforce education
By Sean RoneyKing City Rustler April 27, 2021 — Salinas, CA (Photo above: Agricultural workers harvest greens west of King City, clearing the fields of those late spring crops. Credit: Sean Roney) A panel of […]
James Webb Space Telescope program aims to map the earliest structures of the universe
By Tim StephensUC Santa Cruz April 22, 2021 — Santa Cruz, CA [Image: The COSMOS-Webb survey will map .6 square degrees of the sky—about the area of three full moons—using the James Webb Space Telescope’s […]
Poly’s Next Generation Products Take Home 5 New Awards
By Laura MarxVice President Global Product and Alliance Marketing at Poly April 21, 2021 — Santa Cruz, CA Have we done it again? Hell yeah – Poly smashed the record by winning five awards so […]
Q&A: Meet the New Head of Entrepreneurial Innovation at UCSC
By Isabella BlackmanGoodTimes April 21, 2021 — Santa Cruz, CA (Photo above: Marco Rolandi will serve as the faculty director of UCSC’s Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurial Development. Source: UCSC) [Editor’s note: Santa Cruz Tech […]
Parallel Flight Technology Lifts Off
(Source: PFT newsletter and YouTube) April 21, 2021 — La Selva Beach, CA Parallel Flight Technologies’ beta-level aircraft had its first flight on April 19, 2021, the same day as NASA’s Ingenuity Mars helicopter took […]
How ancient DNA sequencing changed the game
(Source: Nature) April 21, 2021 — Santa Cruz, CA The Nature Milestones in Genomic Sequencing project caught up with Beth Shapiro, professor of ecology and evolutionary biology at UC Santa Cruz, to hear about the […]
MBARI announces construction of new state-of-the-art research ship, R/V David Packard
(Source: MBARI) April 21, 2021 — Moss Landing, CA (Image above: Design rendering of the R/V David Packard. Credit: Glosten/MBARI) MBARI is embarking on a new chapter in its ocean research with the construction of a […]