ICYMI: Fire starting drone, Stanford bird studies and more

Stanford engineers are also getting in on the UAV action, but in the most Earth Mother of ways. They’ve just built a one of a kind wind tunnel and are putting birds through their (voluntary, working for food) paces in it, using slow motion cameras to track how their wings automatically adjust. The end goal of the study is to design better drones, based on what the birds automatically do in the wind.And Shell has designed a...

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ICYMI: Fire starting drone, Stanford bird studies and more

Stanford engineers are also getting in on the UAV action, but in the most Earth Mother of ways. They’ve just built a one of a kind wind tunnel and are putting birds through their (voluntary, working for food) paces in it, using slow motion cameras to track how their wings automatically adjust. The end goal of the study is to design better drones, based on what the birds automatically do in the wind.And Shell has designed a...

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T-Mobile continues the good times with 2.2 million new customers

Its bottom line is doing well, too. Its total revenues are up over 10 percent to $8.8 billion, and it made a tidy $479 million in profit. That’s peanuts next to the profits of its biggest competition (Verizon took in $4.4 billion this quarter), but no mean feat for a carrier that still thrives on cost-conscious prepaid users. And crucially, T-Mobile is predicting a rosy future. It’s dramatically increasing its expected...

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T-Mobile continues the good times with 2.2 million new customers

Its bottom line is doing well, too. Its total revenues are up over 10 percent to $8.8 billion, and it made a tidy $479 million in profit. That’s peanuts next to the profits of its biggest competition (Verizon took in $4.4 billion this quarter), but no mean feat for a carrier that still thrives on cost-conscious prepaid users. And crucially, T-Mobile is predicting a rosy future. It’s dramatically increasing its expected...

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Final Cut Pro X helps small company delight world’s biggest clients

From beginning to end, the editing process is dramatically streamlined by the powerful features built into Final Cut Pro X. Its skimmer tool makes it faster for editors to view and evaluate incoming footage. “Final Cut Pro X offers you a quicker way for that third pass on your rushes,” says Lindsay. “You can scrub to the point of action and get the part you want.” Sophisticated keywording for clips allows editors to mark clips by...

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