Bird-watching apps and electric Porsches: Startups pitch ideas
Spring is startup time at the region’s universities.
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 →
Read More →Rebooting South Coast tech, byte by byte
Business and civic leaders across the region have started to recognize the South Coast’s bevy of software, hardware and ecommerce firms for the economic gems that they are.
Read More →Shaking up science: UCSB team derives formula for oil and water
A team at UC Santa Barbara has derived a formula to describe why oil and water don’t mix.
Read More →UCSB lab gets $15M from Dow Chemical Co.
UC Santa Barbara’s Materials Research Laboratory has received up to $15 million from Dow Chemical Co. to establish a new institute to study materials that can further technological discovery. The recent five-year gift comes just weeks after the research lab received $20 million from the National Science Foundation to fund its studies through at least Read More →
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