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Chuck Peddle Dies at 82; His $25 Chip Helped Start the PC Age
By Cade Metz New York Times January 7, 2020 — Santa Cruz, CA (Photo above: The computer engineer Chuck Peddle in 1977. The chip he helped develop powered the first big wave of personal computers. […]
Year in Review for Baskin School of Engineering, 2019
(Contributed) January 7, 2020 — Santa Cruz, CA Have a look at some of the amazing things students, faculty, and researchers at the UC Santa Cruz Baskin School of Engineering have achieved in 2019. For […]
Watch: SNAP Ring Launches in London
(Contributed) January 7, 2020 — Santa Cruz, CA Snap Ring President, Justis Earle, reports that the Snap Ring is in production. The company launched their first retail location in a boutique tech store called Smartech inside […]
How genetics and social games drive evolution of mating systems in mammals
By Tim Stephens UC Santa Cruz January 7, 2020 — Santa Cruz, CA (Photo above: Yellow-bellied marmots — Marmot flaviventris — at the Rocky Mountains Biological Laboratories in Colorado. This species has a polygynous mating […]
OPOS-Fullpower launches “The First 24/7 Opioid Compliance Solution”
(Contributed) January 7, 2020 — San Mateo and Santa Cruz, CA “Leveraging AI-innovation and Fullpower’s Sleep technology leadership, OPOS and Fullpower are delivering life-changing experiences that help manage one of the most challenging epidemics of the […]
Uber’s plan to launch an air taxi service in 2023 just got a boost from Joby Aviation
By Andrew J. Hawkins The Verge December 21, 2019 — Santa Cruz, CA (Photo above: An older rendering of Joby Aviation’s aircraft; the company has not revealed its latest prototype yet. Contributed.) Joe Ben Bevirt, […]
UCSC HCI Experts Help Mediate between Oceangoing Robots, Scientists and Engineers
By James McGirk Baskin School of Engineering, UCSC December 12, 2019 — Santa Cruz, CA How to streamline the garbled three-way conversation between oceanographers, engineers and robots and autonomous vehicles (Photo: Left to right: MBARI […]
What happened to Inboard, Buoy (Resideo), YaDoggie?
By Sara Isenberg Founder, Publisher, Editor-in-chief, Santa Cruz Tech Beat December 12, 2019 — Santa Cruz, CA (Photo: The author decorated a bathroom based on Buoy Blue. Credit: Sara Isenberg) Sometimes you have to give […]
UCSC team chosen again to compete in Amazon’s Alexa Prize Challenge
By Tim Stephens UC Santa Cruz December 12, 2012 — Santa Cruz, CA [Photo above: The Athena project includes (left to right): Rishi Rajaskeran (CSE), Anna Pearson (Psych), Davi Kim (Psych), Prof. Steve Whittaker (Computational […]
Why the Google-Looker Deal May Not Close This Year
By Ruchi Gupta Market Realist December 10, 2019 — Santa Cruz, CA When Google announced its acquisition of Looker in June, it said it expected to close the transaction by year-end. But that may not happen, […]