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By Mary Andersen For those of us who live in the Santa Cruz Mountains, the presence of the redwoods is a daily comfort – a sense of being held in a place of reverence built long before roads, fences, and property lines. But few of us have ever truly heard these trees. We know the familiar sounds of needles after… Read More

Will AI Crowd Out Humans?

July 7, 2025July 12, 2025 slvpost.com

By Jane Mulcaster Why would Microsoft, a corporation that’s making record profits with billions in cash reserves, send pink slips to 6,000 workers, 3% of its workforce? Amazon, Meta, and Google have likewise laid off thousands of workers so far this year. The Mercury News reports that the Bay Area alone has shed more than 11,000 tech jobs in the… Read More

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Podcast: Nick Sherrell’s Vancast

March 10, 2022April 5, 2022 slvpost.compodcasts0 comment

By Mary Andersen A podcast out of a van? Yep, meet Nick Sherrell and his Vancast. Nick’s intimate van chats are gaining popularity and have included Santa Cruz personalities like big wave surfer Darryl “Flea” Virostko and SLV’s songwriter and producer Henry Chadwick. Nick grew up in Ben Lomond and attended local schools. He played basketball, soccer, and three years… Read More

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Tech Backwoods: Eye in the Sky

February 20, 2022March 4, 2022 slvpost.com1 Comment

Boulder Creek Startup Hopes to Develop Drone Fire Management Technology By Julie Horner “We are 85% there,” said Ember Flash Aerospace co-founder and Boulder Creek resident Lee Kohlman. Kohlman, who holds a PhD in Engineering and is an Aerospace Research Engineer with NASA Ames Research Center in Mountain View said the early stage startup, made up of mostly San Lorenzo… Read More

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Tech Backwoods: Steve Mead’s Robotics

October 18, 2021November 1, 2021 slvpost.com0 comment

By Julie Horner Steve Mead confesses that he is not necessarily a high tech guy. “I was doing LEGOs to have something in common with my sons, and I started volunteering at the library,” he said. “The library approached me asking if I knew anything about robotics, and I said I could try.” So with some research Mead put together… Read More

UCSC professor David Lee TEDx Santa Cruz photo by Mary Andersen

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UCSC Students Use Technology for the Good of SLV Nonprofit

September 21, 2021March 23, 2022 slvpost.com0 comment

By Chris Finnie UCSC associate professor of Computational Media David Lee says engineering students are strongly motivated by using technology to make a difference in their local communities. So, when the Baskin School of Engineering (BSOE) at UCSC decided to start a pilot program matching up local businesses and organizations with campus technology resources, professor Lee offered to helm the… Read More