ITT shuts T.O. facility, ATK expands in Goleta
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Berkshire Hathaway buys Topaz project
The 550-megawatt Topaz solar project in northern San Luis Obispo County landed an endorsement from Warren Buffett on Dec. 7 when a unit of Berkshire Hathaway announced it was acquiring the project from Arizona-based First Solar.
Lenco Mobile proposes $42M merger deal
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Lab taps graphene for computer chips
Depending how scientists manipulate graphene, it can be a better conductor of electricity than copper or a better-insulated semiconductor than silicon.
Weeding out weed: EST device sniffs out medical marijuana
In a laboratory in Newbury Park, a team of engineers has taught a machine to take a big whiff of pot.
Defense firm to cut 170 jobs in Thousand Oaks
A defense contractor is cutting about 170 jobs in Thousand Oaks as it shutters a facility that made signal jammers to prevent IED attacks during the Iraq war. McLean, Va.-based ITT Exelis’ electronic systems division operated a factory with about 215 employees on Willow Lane in Thousand Oaks. About 45 of those workers will be Read More →
Disney vet talks animation at CSUCI
Hollywood is reinventing the technology of visual effects each time a studio produces a new feature film. That’s the view of Drew Tolman, a post-production supervisor at The Walt Disney Co. and veteran of the animation industry. “Visual effects changes are so rapid that they are literally happening production by production,” she told members of Read More →
