Zhiing
Jon Ziskind knows how big the world is, and he doesn’t want people to get lost. A former professional sailor, Ziskind traveled widely to compete in the America’s Cup, sailing’s most prestigious regatta. The sport relies heavily on Global Positioning System, or GPS, technology, so when Ziskind settled down, it made sense for Read More →
SLO firms make their pitch
It wasn’t too long ago that Kevin Rice and Jesse Dundon were students at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo. But Oct. 29, they found themselves in Pismo Beach, pitching WiHire, their tech start-up, to author and venture capitalist George Gilder. The chance came with Softec and the Economic Vitality Corp.’s first Tech Venture Read More →
Sticking to the code – Camp brings together regional programmers
Robert Hope’s wallet is resting a little easier than it was this time last year. Hope, a systems architect at Bizbuysell and owner of San Luis Technology Consultants, is the founding force behind the Central Coast Code Camp, an all-volunteer effort to bring together programmers in the San Luis Obispo area for a weekend of Read More →
Making a comeback
Web 1.0 era gaming and graphics firm MetaTools is back on the South Coast. The man at the helm, John Wilczak, is the same, but he has remade the company, salvaging the name after it became free again. And the mission is new: Conquer Apple’s iPhone with a new iteration of MetaSquares, the puzzle game Read More →
Quick diagnosis delivery – Carpinteria firm
A cancer patient lies on the operating table having a tumor removed. The surgical team wants to know whether they’ve removed all the offending tissue, but only a lab test can tell. Those tests, read by a pathologist, involve what’s known as immunohistochemistry, or IHC, and usually take at least an hour and half to Read More →
Building Intelligence
From his computer in Santa Barbara, Ed Richards can find out how hard a single air conditioner works at data center in Washington state and how humid the air is inside a Walgreen’s store in Austin, Texas. He sees it in real time, updated every few seconds. “Not many people in that store,” Richards says Read More →
Reach for the red planet
ATK Space Systems in Goleta celebrated last month when its solar panels and a boom arm, part of the Phoenix Lander mission to Mars, worked perfectly. Its future projects could get help from a test monitoring system designed by five undergraduate students at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Like many South Coast technology companies, Read More →
