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Doug Erickson 1/10/22 Doug Erickson 1/10/22

Alexa: I'm sorry Dave, I'm afraid I can't do that.

Last week we learned that Lockheed Martin and Amazon have created a seat for Alexa on NASA’s Artemis 1 mission scheduled to launch in March. Most Alexa software is developed here in Santa Cruz. So what will happen when Alexa refuses to open the pod bay doors because the surf is too good?

Doug Erickson 11/20/19 Doug Erickson 11/20/19

UCSC Girls in Engineering Win Amazon Award

Minutes before we went live on this week’s newsletter, we learned that UCSC’s Girls in Engineering was awarded a $10,000 grant by Amazon Santa Cruz. The full story at Santa Cruz Tech Beat.