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UCSC Entrepreneurs Supported by CITRIS and the Banatao Institute
By Michael Matkin Assistant Director, CITRIS and the Banatao Institute Baskin School of Engineering, UC Santa Cruz Special for Santa Cruz Tech Beat October 29, 2019 — Santa Cruz, CA CITRIS is a multi-campus University […]
Chamber honors Looker’s Frank Bien and Lloyd Tabb as “Men of the Year”
(Video source: Santa Cruz County Chamber of Commerce) October 29, 2019 — Santa Cruz, CA (Photo above: Looker leaders, Frank Bien and Lloyd Tabb, were honored as Santa Cruz “Men of the Year 2019” by […]
Fly Longer, Lift More, and Fight Wildfires
By Joshua Resnick CEO, Parallel Flight Technologies Special for Santa Cruz Tech Beat October 24, 2019 — La Selva, CA (Photo above: Contributed) Let’s talk about flight time for drones. Electric drones (the kind with […]
How Cabrillo College Students are Becoming (and Growing) the Next Generation of Cyber Security Professionals
By Kate Rose Special Contributor, Cabrillo College Special for Santa Cruz Tech Beat October 22, 2019 — Aptos, CA (Photo above: Cabrillo College students Brad Bettencourt and Janelly Servin present their latest cybersecurity projects to […]
Cruzio Celebrates 30 Years of Geekdom
By Peggy Dolgenos Cruzio CEO October 22, 2019 — Santa Cruz, CA (Photo above: Chris and Peggy and family in Cruzio’s storefront on Pacific Avenue in the early 90s. Contributed) Cruzio Internet is having a […]
Salinas City Council approves first phase of municipal fiber network
(Contributed) October 22, 2019 — Salinas, CA (Image source: FOX 2 KTVU) On October 8, 2019, the Salinas City Council approved a bid for the Downtown Complete Streets Project. In addition to approving a number […]
Are we there yet? Karen Miga on the Next Era of Genomics
(Source: mendelspod.com) October 22, 2019 — Santa Cruz, CA (Photo: Karen Miga is a DNA biologist and co-lead of the telomere-to-telomere (T2T) consortium at UCSC. Source: UCSC website) UCSC Genomics researcher Karen Miga was featured […]
Six Companies Demystify Tech
(Contributed) October 22, 2019 — Santa Cruz, CA On November 6, Santa Cruz Works New Tech Meetup presents: Six Companies Demystify Tech Wed, Nov 6, 2019, 6-8pm Dream Inn Santa Cruz, 175 West Cliff Drive, […]
Novel nanoprobes show promise for optical monitoring of neural activity
By Tim Stephens UC Santa Cruz October 19, 2019 — Santa Cruz, CA (Photo above: UC Santa Cruz engineers Ahsan Habib, left, and Ali Yanik have developed ultrasensitive nanoscale optical probes to monitor the bioelectric […]
Bidirectional Brain-Computer Interfaces: What’s to be Afraid of?
By G. Craig Vachon Author of The Knucklehead of Silicon Valley Special to Santa Cruz Tech Beat October 17, 2019 — Santa Cruz, CA The novel in a nutshell I recently got a question from […]