Lab taps graphene for computer chips
Depending how scientists manipulate graphene, it can be a better conductor of electricity than copper or a better-insulated semiconductor than silicon.
Read More →Weeding out weed: EST device sniffs out medical marijuana
In a laboratory in Newbury Park, a team of engineers has taught a machine to take a big whiff of pot.
Read More →Defense firm to cut 170 jobs in Thousand Oaks
A defense contractor is cutting about 170 jobs in Thousand Oaks as it shutters a facility that made signal jammers to prevent IED attacks during the Iraq war. McLean, Va.-based ITT Exelis’ electronic systems division operated a factory with about 215 employees on Willow Lane in Thousand Oaks. About 45 of those workers will be Read More →
Read More →Disney vet talks animation at CSUCI
Hollywood is reinventing the technology of visual effects each time a studio produces a new feature film. That’s the view of Drew Tolman, a post-production supervisor at The Walt Disney Co. and veteran of the animation industry. “Visual effects changes are so rapid that they are literally happening production by production,” she told members of Read More →
Read More →Eyeing an IPO: InTouch brings public company executive on board
In its quest to go public, InTouch Health is getting the band back together in its executive suite.
Read More →Panel tackles startup funding
There’s less venture capital to start technology businesses, and most of it is being crammed into existing firms rather than raw startups. But for new entrepreneurs who have a viable product in a large market with the team that can make it happen, there are as many opportunities as ever to get started and get Read More →
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