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$1.2M for Genomics Institute’s Kids Cancer Project
By Tim Stephens UC Santa Cruz August 6, 2015 — Santa Cruz, CA (Photo above: David Haussler is scientific director of the Genomics Institute. Credit: Elena Zhukova) California Initiative to Advance Precision Medicine funds UC […]
The Kids are Alright: A Glimpse into UCSC’s Girls in Engineering Summer Camp
By Paige Welsh Special to Santa Cruz Tech Beat (Photo above: Camp participants programmed this Lego Mindstorm robot to scuttle away from the light. Credit: Paige Welsh) July 24, 2015 — Santa Cruz, CA According […]
Parting the ‘lettuce curtain’ between Silicon Valley, Salinas, Pajaro valleys
By Samantha Clark Santa Cruz Sentinel (Photo above: Aaron Magenheim of Ag Tech Insight, which helps bridge the gap between Silicon Valley and Salinas Valley, poses at the AgTech Summit hosted by Forbes in Salinas […]
GeekSpeak: Internet Access Suck? Try More Fiber
Source: GeekSpeak.org July 2, 2015 — Santa Cruz, CA [Editor’s note: Last week Santa Cruz Tech Beat published Public-Private Partnership to Expand Gigabit-fiber Internet about a plan to expand gigabit-fiber internet to homes and businesses […]
Looking Up: 5X Jump in Revenue and New CMO
By Sara Isenberg Founder, Publisher, Editor-in-Chief, Santa Cruz Tech Beat (Looker has hired industry veteran Jen Grant, above, as its marketing chief. Jen is the former SVP of marketing at Box and CMO of Elasticsearch. […]
Binary Fission: For Citizen Scientists Interested in Cybersecurity
By Tim Stephens (UC Santa Cruz) and Dina Basin (SRI) June 27, 2015 — Santa Cruz, CA UCSC and SRI release new game for DARPA crowd-sourced software verification program Sophisticated gamers can help improve security […]
Fullpower Gets Into Bed with Serta Simmons
By Leslie Ruble Fullpower June 27, 2015 — Santa Cruz, CA “Every bedroom needs a smart bed” — Phillip Kahn, CEO of Fullpower Serta Simmons Bedding, LLC (“Serta Simmons Bedding”) and Fullpower Technologies, Inc. (“Fullpower”) […]
Q&A: Real-time Campus Shuttle Tracker is Up and Running
By Sara Isenberg Founder, Publisher, Editor-in-Chief of Santa Cruz Tech Beat June 18, 2015 — Santa Cruz, CA UCSC Transportation & Parking Services (TAPS) just launched the Bus Tracking System (BTS) whose app is called […]
Assure Technologies Named Finalist in SXSW V2V V2Venture Pitch Competition
By Sara Isenberg Founder, Publisher, Editor-in-Chief of Santa Cruz Tech Beat June 18, 2015 — Santa Cruz, CA Santa Cruz based startup Assure Technologies has been selected as a finalist in the Third Annual SXSW […]
Plantronics Announces Winners of 2015 PLT Labs Application Innovation Contest
By Sara Isenberg Founder, Publisher, Editor-in-Chief of Santa Cruz Tech Beat [Editor’s note: Santa Cruz Tech Beat published Plantronics announces 2015 PLT Labs Application Innovation Contest, prizes up to $85K last September.] June 13, 2015 […]