Teledyne lands 5-year Navy deal
By Erika Martin / Thursday, October 16th, 2014 / Latest news, Technology, Top Stories / Comments Off on Teledyne lands 5-year Navy deal
Teledyne Technologies, a publicly traded aerospace and defense engineering firm headquartered in Thousand Oaks, announced today that its Teledyne Oil & Gas group won a contract from Connecticut-based General Dynamics Electric Boat with a potential $40 million value. The company will use the money to develop electrical and fiber-optic connector hardware for U.S. Navy submarines Read More →
Nobel laureate fought the odds to make history
By Erika Martin / Friday, October 10th, 2014 / Latest news, Technology, Top Stories / Comments Off on Nobel laureate fought the odds to make history

In the relatively short time since his 1992 discovery, Nakamura’s LED technology has supplanted Edison’s incandescent bulb. And Edison never won a Nobel Prize.

GenRocket to land in Ventura after moving from Boston
By Erika Martin / Friday, October 10th, 2014 / Small Business, Technology, Top Stories / Comments Off on GenRocket to land in Ventura after moving from Boston
After spending 13 years building a powerful software testing system and developing its capabilities, Boston-based GenRocket is making its hard launch and transplanting its roots to Ventura.

The Nobel effect: UCSB laureates have a big impact on regional economy
By Elijah Brumback / Friday, October 10th, 2014 / Latest news, Nonprofits, Small Business, South Coast, Subscriber content, Technology, Top Stories, Tri-County Economy / Comments Off on The Nobel effect: UCSB laureates have a big impact on regional economy

The list of Nobel laureates at UCSB continues to grow and with it so do the number of tech company startups spun-out of the university.
Martin named technology editor
By Editorial Board / Friday, October 10th, 2014 / Latest news, Technology / Comments Off on Martin named technology editor
Martin, who joined the region’s weekly business journal a year ago, moves over to a staff writer position from research director and special reports editor.
Channel Technologies buys Massacusetts defesnse firm
By Erika Martin / Thursday, October 9th, 2014 / Latest news, South Coast, Technology / Comments Off on Channel Technologies buys Massacusetts defesnse firm
Santa Barbara-based military contractor Channel Technologies Group announced today that it has acquired Materials Systems Inc., a producer of sonar technology. The value of the deal was not disclosed. The Massachusetts-based firm will become a wholly owned subsidiary of Channel Technologies, which is owned by private equity group Blue Wolf Capital Partners. Both companies use Read More →
Blue LED pioneer Nakamura becomes UCSB’s sixth Nobel laureate
By Erika Martin / Tuesday, October 7th, 2014 / South Coast, Technology, Top Stories / Comments Off on Blue LED pioneer Nakamura becomes UCSB’s sixth Nobel laureate

Click here for the Business Times’ updated coverage. UC Santa Barbara professor Shuji Nakamura and two scientists based in Japan, Hiroshi Amano and Isamu Akasaki, were chosen as recipients of the 2014 Nobel Prize in Physics. The committee selected the team for its invention of the blue light-emitting diode, or LED, which allows white light to Read More →