Teenage powerhouse revolutionizes cinemas for hearing impaired
Valedictorian will be an afterthought on resumes for Alexandra Kukoff, a half-deaf, 15-year-old Thousand Oaks-native who is attending high school and college simultaneously, working towards her associate’s degree in women’s history.
Spinal fusion kit is latest innovation from ECA Medical
ECA Medical Instruments, a designer and manufacturer of single-procedure torque-limiting surgical kits and other medical devices, is producing the world’s first single-procedure spinal fusion kit.
UCSB to launch first professional school
With a curriculum that steers clear of heavy emphasis on typical MBA topics like accounting, the Master’s in Technology Management program will focus on the specific leadership and management skills needed by engineers and tech professionals.
Hitting a home run at TechPitch
Superior Solutions grabbed judges’ attention with the marketability and built-out business model for its LiftGator, a pick-up truck attachment that eases heavy lifting for which it had already raised $25,000 of its initial $55,000 seed round.
Sientra debuts on Nasdaq
On a day when the Federal Reserve announced the end to its historical bond buying program, Sientra, the Santa Barbara-based medical aesthetics company, made a bit of history of its own. Sientra became the latest company in the Tri-Counties to list on a major stock exchange Oct. 29, selling 5 million shares of common stock Read More →
