Santa Clara County Science & Technology Digest



NASA Developing Innovative Wildfire Fighting Tech

04/19/2023

Members of Congress, public and private partners came together to take on fire season.

Moffett Field Museum Is on a Mission to Modernize

04/14/2023

Starting April 12, the museum began displaying new artifacts on loan from NASA Ames, most notably a moon rock retrieved from the Apollo 15 Mission in 1971.

NASA Developing Drone Tech to Fight Wildfires

03/23/2023

As wildfire season intensifies each year, scientists at NASA Ames want to utilize drones to help modernize firefighting.

MVPD Begin Livestream 911 Calls

03/21/2023

The Mountain View Police Department has launched Live911, a real-time call monitoring program for off-duty officers. The city reports faster response times since this was implemented.

Tesla to Open Engineering HQ in Palo Alto

02/22/2023

Marking a thawing of his sometimes fractious relationship with the Golden State, Elon Musk says Tesla Motors will base its global engineering and AI headquarters in Palo Alto at the former HP campus.

Apple’s Lisa Computer Gets 40th Birthday Party

02/02/2023

The Computer History Museum in Mountain View threw a 40th birthday party Jan. 31 for Apple’s Lisa computer, a gathering that drew a few dozen former Apple employees who worked on the project.

San Jose Is No 1 Metro Area for Immigrants

12/27/2022

San Jose tops the list of U.S. metro areas where immigrants look for a better life. That's according to a study released this month from the George W. Bush Institute that shows immigrants thrive in technology centers.

Santa Clara County DA to Leave Twitter

12/04/2022

Santa Clara County District Attorney Jeff Rosen announced that he will deactivate his office's Twitter account due to the recent rise in hate speech on the platform.

Local Teens Create Apps for Sunnyvale Community Services

10/23/2022

At the start of the COVID pandemic in 2020, Sunnyvale Community Services was faced with a dilemma. The need had skyrocketed during COVID, but no one was sure how to manage and limit the face-to-face interactions with customers.

World’s Biggest Digital Camera Debuts in Menlo Park

10/20/2022

The largest digital camera in the world is in Menlo Park, on its way to a north Chilean mountaintop to hopefully discover billions of galaxies and new objects.

‘Valley’s Richest Russian’ Renounces Citizenship

10/13/2022

Billionaire Yuri Milner of DST Global tweets that he is no longer a Russian; an Atlantic Monthly article had alleged that Milner’s wealth was linked to the Kremlin’s influence, but Milner is donating $100 million to Ukrainian refugees.

Stanford Professor Is Nobel Laureate for Chemistry

10/04/2022

Stanford University’s Carolyn Bertozzi shares one third of the Nobel Prize for Chemistry for her work with “bioorthogonal chemistry,” a method to tag cells without interrupting their functions. Applications include treatments and diagnosis of cancer.

Moon Created In Less Than a Day?

10/03/2022

A supercomputer simulation at Mountain View’s NASA Ames Research Center suggests that the Moon was created in a matter of hours after a Mars-sized object crashed into the earth.

Driverless Food Delivery Coming to Mountain View

09/21/2022

Local driverless-car company Nuro partners with Uber for autonomous electric car food delivery in Mountain View and Houston. Service begins this fall.

Charleston Plaza Shopping Center Could Become a Life Sciences Complex

04/06/2022

Charleston Plaza, an ailing shopping mall in Mountain View and Palo Alto, has been purchased by Presidio Bay Ventures, which plans to convert its big-box retail buildings into spaces for life science, biotech and tech companies.

Computer History Museum Reopens After COVID Closure

02/18/2022

After a two-year closure during the pandemic, the Computer History Museum is once again open for those looking to learn about the history of technology.

How a Small Bay Area Company Helped Detect the First Omicron Case in the U.S.

12/01/2021

When the first U.S. case of the omicron variant of the coronavirus was discovered by scientists at UC San Francisco, they were aided by a company headquartered in Burlingame. The firm, Color, has become a force in COVID testing.

Facebook Changes Name and Hopefully Reputation

10/27/2021

Mark Zuckerberg has renamed the Facebook company Meta, as he attempts to bring a fresh look and reputation to a tech giant that has been tarnished by both the media and its former employees over the past several months.

Santa Clara University Updates Science Facilities

10/15/2021

Santa Clara University recently cut the ribbon on a brand-new STEM facility, which will host all science majors under one roof. The building cost more than $300 million and has been in the works since 2017.

Palo Alto Prepares to Switch to Smart Meters

10/14/2021

The Palo Alto City Council is expected to approve an $18 million contract to update metering infrastructure for electricity, gas and water customers.

Traveling Interactive Museum Makes a Stop at Valley Fair

10/06/2021

The Virtual Science Museum is a traveling exhibit showcasing the wonders of VR to families. It is residing in Valley Fair until January.

Palo Alto Ill-Prepared for Cyber Threats

10/06/2021

A new audit within the city of Palo Alto revealed the city infrastructure is not adequately prepared to deal with threats to cybersecurity.

Free Wi-Fi for All in Downtown San Jose

10/05/2021

San Jose now has free wi-fi at various locations throughout the downtown grid. The wi-fi is installed in traffic lights, street signs, and buildings. The program was inspired by the pandemic and an exhibited lack of digital equity among residents.

Water Purification Technology Aims to Resolve Drought Issues

10/04/2021

While it won’t solve the severely dry conditions all throughout California, Valley Water is at least trying to expand water resources in Silicon Valley through recycling and purification.

New iPhones to Be Unveiled in Cupertino

09/06/2021

As is tradition, Apple is gearing up to announce its new iPhone models at its Cupertino campus this month.

Reporter Lands Spot for Her Toddler in Stanford Vaccine Study

08/26/2021

“The researcher injected the tiniest needle I've ever seen into my precious toddler's chunky thigh, saying "This is BNT162b2 3 micrograms or placebo in 0.2 mL."

Sunnyvale Teens Create Platform to Help Teachers Around the World

08/04/2021

Tech-savvy Sunnyvale teens have created RemoteTA, an online volunteering platform that matches high school students with K-12 teachers worldwide who request help in creating digital learning resources for their classes.

Google Employees Can Opt in Or Out on Remote Work; Apple Sticks With Hybrid Model

06/29/2021

Two of the Bay Area’s largest tech giants continue to adjust their post-pandemic plans as they prepare to start bringing employees back into the office.

Facebook and Salesforce Unveil Permanent Remote Work Options

06/23/2021

As part of the ongoing evolution of post-pandemic return to work environments, Facebook and Salesforce have updates on their plans to bring employees back into the office.

Silicon Valley Tech Giants Drawn in to Spying Controversy

06/12/2021

Apple, like many tech companies, receives hundreds of data requests per week from law enforcement. Unknowingly, the company handed over data for a subpoena that was part of an investigation by the Trump administration into leaks of classified information.

Apple Begins a Return to Workplace Employment

06/07/2021

Apple Inc., the largest public company employer in the Silicon Valley, recently released a detailed re-entry plan to transition employees back into the workplace. Some Apple employees are reportedly not thrilled with details of the plan.

Palo Alto Moves Toward Municipal Internet Access

05/24/2021

After nearly two decades of debate, Palo Alto took a big step toward transforming the city's fiberoptic system into one that could deliver high-speed internet to every local home and business.

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