Digest #119

This is our last digest of 2015. Refresh your memory on what happened this year with our just-published SCTB Highlights of 2015. As well, find out who Central Coast Angels just funded, what Futuristic Lights recently announced, and which acclaimed independent game developer was just hired at UCSC. All this, and more news that you need to know!

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Do you remember the hot tech topics in our region this past year? Check our SCTB Highlights of 2015!

Central Coast Angels has backed personal electric transportation startup Inboard Technology with a substantial seed investment.

Futuristic Lights launches their second product, another microlight for glovers. AEther has light-to-light communication.

Is our region becoming a Silicon Valley for AgTech? Western Growers Center for Innovation and Technology opens in Salinas.

The Baskin School of Engineering has hired acclaimed independent game developer Erin Robinson Swink to be the creative director of the master's degree program in games and playable media.

Monterey Bay Economic Partnership (MBEP) reviews their productive first year of progress in 2015 and looks forward to 2016.

Looker's Lloyd Tabb tells how to spot and magnify the powers of your engineering superheros. Identify your Aquaman, Flash, Priest, and Spielberg.

Events

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

Tue Jan 5, 7pm: Drupal Group monthly meeting at NextSpace.

Wed Jan 6, 6pm: Santa Cruz New Tech Meetup at Cruzio.

Sat Jan 9, 10am: Santa Cruz Web Developers Meetup at NextSpace.

Tue Jan 12, 6pm: Startup Monterey Bay Tech Meetup at The Press Club, Seaside.

Thu Jan 14, 6:30-9:30pm: Screening and discussion of the film CODE: Debugging the Gender Gap at Cruzio.

Wed Jan 20, 5pm: Santa Cruz Women's Javascript/FrontEnd Development Meetup at Looker.

Wed Jan 20, 6:30pm: Santa Cruz Bitcoin & Cryto-currency Meetup at NextSpace.

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