Santa Cruz New Tech MeetUp - December 2015

Dr. Bruce Damer, Drako Motors, Joby Aviation

It is time again to celebrate a phenomenal year of tech growth in Santa Cruz! The theme of this year’s bash: Visionaries of Santa Cruz.

• Dr. Bruce Damer (http://www.damer.com/) will explain New Space and his NASA project (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wLMHcUg36yc) which can get us to Mars…and back. hmmm...Matt Damon...The Martian sequel...?

• IF you have never heard of Drako Motors (http://www.drakomotors.com/), it is because Shiv Sikand has kept it secret until he recently set a lap record at Germany’s Nürburgring Nordschleife using his Drako DriveOS (http://globenewswire.com/news-release/2015/08/06/758592/10145067/en/Drako-Motors-Debuts-Company-and-Introduces-Drako-DriveOS-Platform-for-Electric-Sports-Cars.html).

• JoeBen Bevirt will talk to us about Joby Aviation (http://www.jobyaviation.com/) and his 2-person electric aircraft with vertical liftoff which can get us from the congestion of San Francisco to Santa Cruz... in 15 minutes.

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And we will have some fun. 10 Santa Cruz luminaries will give us their predictions for 2016.

Learn about hot new technologies and mingle with fellow entrepreneurs, investors, bloggers, and tech enthusiasts.

Doors open at 6pm. Admission is $15 in PAY AT THE DOOR. Includes food, 1 beverage ticket, and LIVE MUSIC. Attendance limited to 285. RSVP NOW to save your seat!

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