Air Force’s top-secret space plane lands at Vandenberg
By Staff Report / Friday, October 17th, 2014 / Latest news, Technology, Top Stories / Comments Off on Air Force’s top-secret space plane lands at Vandenberg

A mysterious unmanned space craft touched down at Vandenberg Air Force Base this morning after spending 674 days in orbit.
Sonos finds its groove with wireless offering
By Erika Martin / Friday, October 17th, 2014 / Latest news, South Coast, Technology, Top Stories / Comments Off on Sonos finds its groove with wireless offering

The company’s flurry of developments continued Oct. 14 with the release of a product called Boost, a WiFi amplifier that surpasses the Bridge’s capabilities without the need for wires.

USDA taps VSolvit team for 5-year, up to $500M contract
By Marissa Wenzke / Friday, October 17th, 2014 / Agribusiness, Latest news, Small Business, Technology, Top Stories, West Ventura County / Comments Off on USDA taps VSolvit team for 5-year, up to $500M contract
The U.S. Department of Agriculture Farm Service Agency has awarded a five-year, $500 million contract to the Ventura-based tech firm VSolvit to provide software tech support for the department in areas such as budget and finance and management solutions.
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.