Wet gold
Water supply has been a critical issue throughout the history of the American West, but in an age when global warming concerns and an increasingly complex water distribution system create new challenges for regulators the world over, Mark Twain’s words — “Whiskey is for drinking; water is for fighting over” — have renewed meaning. In Read More →
Zumbox goes coast-to-coast
Westlake Village-based Zumbox, the provider of a Web-based paperless mail platform, said Sept. 22 that it has rolled out its system in San Francisco and Newark, N.J. Zumbox is a more secure version of electronic mail that works by verifying residents’ physical address by mailing them a pass code to turn on their inbox. The Read More →
LaunchPoint looks at energy
The technology to carry America’s energy grid into the 21st century might be born behind a hamburger joint in Old Town Goleta. That’s where LaunchPoint Technologies keeps its stable of 20 engineers working on a range of projects, from a giant ring that could use electricity and magnets to fling satellites into space to tiny Read More →
Ring around the revenue – Company raises $3.5M for phone venture
Just a year and a half after its founding, Santa Barbara-based RingRevenue has raised $3.5 million in venture capital, signed up the biggest customer in its target market and is hiring fast. RingRevenue has developed a technology to let advertisers track phone calls the same way they currently track clicks. At the core of the Read More →
Long-distance medicine – InTouch robots can help rural patients get treatment
[Editor’s note: This story has changed since its original posting. See the correction appended below.] A Santa Barbara company that uses technology to bring better health care to rural patients across the country is inking deals and boosting its national presence. InTouch Health makes the RP-7, an Internet-connected robot that physicians can use to provide Read More →
Smell of success – Newbury Park firm
Sorry, analytical chemists, but Electronic Sensor Technology wants you out of the picture. The Newbury Park-based company makes the zNose, a tool that uses gas chromatography to analyze vapors and fragrances much faster than conventional machines. Though the 13-employee firm has been around since 1995, it is making a new push to get easy-to-use devices Read More →
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 →
