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Henrik Fisker Reboots Efforts To Create Electric Cars, Taps Technology From UCLA

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Henrik Fisker , the automotive designer behind ill fated Fisker Automotive, said today that he is starting a new company , Fisker Inc. , to design a new electric vehicle. According to an interview with Fisker by Bloomberg, the new company is based on energy storage and battery technology from "several professors from UCLA".

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AutoESL Design Technologies Gets $2.0M

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AutoESL Design Technologies , a electronic design automation (EDA) firm based on research out of UCLA, has received $2.0M for its technology, which is used for high level design synthesis in the semiconductor industry. in an ongoing funding, according to a regulatory filing by the firm today. READ MORE>>.

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UCLA Startup AutoESL Acquired By Xilinx

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AutoESL Design Technologies , a developer of software tools used for high level synthesis of electronic circuit designs, and a spinout of UCLA, was acquired this morning by Xilinx. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.

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Fifty years of the internet

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Leonard Kleinrock is the Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Computer Science at the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering. After we typed the first two letters from our computer room at UCLA, namely, “Lo” for “Login,” the network crashed. We are currently still suffering from those shifts.

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UCLA 48hr Startup | Catch It Live On TechZulu

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This weekend UCLA has put together 48hr Startup and TechZulu will be there to bring you all the final startup presentations live. UCLA 48hr Startup brings together people with technical, design or business background to share ideas, form teams, build products and launch startups. You can signup here. 5:00pm – Networking.

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Unusual Perk For SoCal Technology Firm: Unlimited, Paid Vacation

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The firm--which looks to be recruiting Java Developers, project managers, and UX/UI designers in its LA location--apparently lets employees take off as much time as they feel like they need, as one of the perks for working for the company.

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Enlibrium Finds $15M For Cancer Drugs

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The startup said it is developing novel drugs based on the anti-cancer activity of metformin and designed to reduce cancer energy production to treat a range of cancer types. The company was founded by Dr. Michael Jung and Dr. Richard Pietras, both of whom are professors at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA).

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