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Digest #110

This week you can get an update on Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurial Development (CIED) at UCSC, the latest reincarnation of Center for Entrepreneurship (C4E). You can find out more about Calliope Waterworks, the new startup that came out of stealth a couple weeks ago. Also, you can find out what's new at Asylum Labs, a mobile game studio, developers of Wild Party Bingo. Mobile Ranger celebrates a new release. And, Heathkit says they're planning a retail location soon, right here in Santa Cruz. All this and more, below. Start reading!

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Santa Cruz Tech Beat

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UC Santa Cruz
Computer Science Department

Top Stories:

Know where Wild Party Bingo was developed? Asylum Labs is one of only seven startups of 250 applicants accepted to a prestigious accelerator. They're off to London and Tel Aviv.

One stop shop for local history: Find out how Mobile Ranger is telling a compelling story for non-profits, and come to the "Mobile Ranger Guides" Launch Release Party.

What does a business curriculum look like in the 21st century? Sue Carter, Associate Dean of Graduate Studies at UCSC, reinvents the Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurial Development (CIED), the latest reincarnation of UCSC's Center for Entrepreneurship (C4E).

Are you old enough to remember Heathkit? For all you electronic tinkering hobbyists, the word is that Heathkit is moving to Santa Cruz.

CEO Keri Waters says Calliope Waterwork's new product, expected to ship in December, can help save 10-50 percent of household water use. Interested in being in the Beta program?

Some local communities still have only old-style DSL service. Ouch. Surfnet is taking another try at getting fiber in the Santa Cruz mountains.

The is a very geeky article but here's the bottom line: researchers have developed new technology to diagnose multiple strains of flu virus on a small, dedicated chip with optical sensing.

An app for blind photographers? A new award-wining app allows someone who is visually impaired to not only recognize their photos but also to organize them and even share their shots through social media.

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Events
Note: Dates, times, and locations are all subject to change. Be sure to check the meetup website for your event.

Tue Oct 13, 9am: DataLex Conference - Privacy, Big Data, & The Law at Digital Arts and New Media, DARC Lab, UCSC.

Tue Oct 13, 6pm: Startup Monterey Bay Tech Meetup at The Press Club, Seaside.

Tue Oct 13, 5-7:30pm: Santa Cruz Industry Mixer at Allterra Solar, 207 McPherson St., Santa Cruz.

Wed Oct 14, 8:30am-4:30pm: Research & Review Day at Baskin School of Engineering, UCSC.

Tue Oct 20, 6pm: Design Santa Cruz Meetup at NextSpace.

Wed Oct 21, 5pm: Santa Cruz Women�€™s Javascript/FrontEnd Development Meetup at Looker.

Wed Oct 21, 6:30pm: Santa Cruz Bitcoin & Cryto-currency Meetup at NextSpace.

Thu Oct 22, 5:30pm: Sand Hill Angels RAW Pitch Night at SCPD Community Room, 155 Center St., Santa Cruz.

Fri Oct 23, 2-3pm: CIED Tech Innovators Speaker Series: From Academia to Entrepreneurship: Hurdles and Opportunities with Ravi Jain, UCSC, Merrill Cultural Center.

Mon Oct 26, 6-9pm: The History and Future of Genomics at Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary Exploration Center.

Tue Oct 27, 6:30pm: Mobile Ranger�€™s New App Launch Party at The MAH.

Wed Oct 28, 6pm: Santa Cruz WordPress Meetup at Cruzio.

Wed Oct 28, 6:30pm: Santa Cruz County Ag-Tech Meetup at Digital NEST.

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