#298: XCHG, SlugSat, Without a Trace, Makerspace, and more tech.

Digest #298

Last week, we shared the first two articles in a five-part series called "How Senior Design Projects Create Leaders." This week, we bring you two more articles in this series, plus the final summary.

It's back-to-school season (thus the extra focus on UCSC and Cabrillo). We have two stories from Cabrillo. One tells how Etech students are using their skills to help build green homes and the other is a very informative video about how students at Cabrillo's Makerspace are using their skills out in the community. Cool stuff!

We have LOTS more this week. Scroll down and start reading the news!

Sara Isenberg

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Santa Cruz Tech Beat

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Top Stories

CBL Markets and Xpansiv merge to create XCHG, the world’s first data-driven commodity marketplace. Read this article .

If you’re not familiar with Cabrillo's Makerspace -- or even if you are -- take 6 minutes, watch this video, and learn how Cabrillo students are using their skills to help in the community. Watch this video .

Cabrillo Etech students are building low-cost, green homes to help address CA's affordable housing crisis. Read this article .

200 farmers, 700 students advance progress on food safety tech at AgTechx event. Read this article .

Seagate and Genomics Institute/Baskin School of Engineering will enter a joint R&D agreement to accelerate genomics data analysis. Read this article .

Kelli Dragovich, the Chief People Officer at Looker, talks about how to identify and retain fantastic talent. Read this article .

From an Unlikely CA Zipcode, a Digital NEST Emerges. Jacob Martinez does such a good job of getting the story out. Listen to this podcast .

SlugSat: Year three of a seven-year stretch. (Part 3 of 5: How Senior Design Projects Create Leaders). Read this article .

Without A Trace: Teaching Californians how to recycle properly. (Part 4 of 5: How Senior Design Projects Create Leaders). Read this article .

Here’s the wrap! How Senior Design Projects Create Leaders. (Part 5 of 5). Read this article .