The fate of Carpinteria-based Clipper Windpower and roughly 200 South Coast jobs hang in the balance after owner United Technologies Corp. abruptly disclosed plans to sell the turbine maker. A top official for United Technologies Corp. called the 2010 acquisition of Clipper a “mistake” on a call with Wall Street analysts. Indeed, the Clipper acquisition Read More →
By Stephen Nellis / Friday, March 23rd, 2012 / Technology, Top Stories / Comments Off on A new player in Silicone Alley: Sientra enters breast implant industry
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Santa Barbara will soon have a new technology incubator space, and its organizers are giving technology insiders a sneak peak on March 21. The Synergy Business & Technology Center at 1 N. Calle Cesar Chavez is slated to open next month. Its organizers hope it will restore some of the cheap, flexible office space for Read More →
Less than two years after Clipper Windpower was purchased by defense-industrial giant United Technologies Corp., the Carpinteria-based turbine maker is up for sale again. United Technologies, the name behind Pratt & Whitney jet engines and Sikorsky helicopters, bought Clipper in 2010 as the company was struggling to keep its cash flowing. The defense giant paid Read More →
By Stephen Nellis / Friday, March 16th, 2012 / Features, Technology / Comments Off on Plugging in to power line: WireFi’s technology means no cables, less WiFi
By Marlize van Romburgh / Friday, March 2nd, 2012 / Features, Technology / Comments Off on Putting cures on a strip: Startup makes medicines for the third world
An Oxnard-based startup puts medicines and nutritional supplements on easy-to-use, Listerine-like strips that dissolve in the mouth.
