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| Researchers in Switzerland Build Sea Turtle Drone | | Tuesday, December 04, 2012 10:02 PM | Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai |
| | Nature-inspired drones are being developed all around the world. Now, researchers from Switzerland have built a robot inspired by sea turtles. The sea turtle drone is called Naro-Tartaruga. (Tartaruga is "turtle" in Italian and Portuguese.) It's being developed and tested by researchers at ETH Zurich University with the goal of eventually developing a robot that can swim underwater autonomously. The researchers are also interested in studying fin propulsion and the energy consumption of fin-propelled systems
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| Dad Builds Drone to Walk Son to Bus Stop | | Tuesday, December 04, 2012 5:12 PM | Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai |
| | Technology has completely changed the way parents can take care of their children. When I was a kid, there weren't even cellphones, now, there are webcams that automatically send email or cellphone notifications whenever something happens in the house. There are cars that can transmit their position back to an iPhone -- especially useful for parents of teen drivers. In other words, it's easier than ever to keep an eye on your kids Paul Wallich, a contributing editor at IEEE Spectrum has taken it to a whole another level, assembling a quadcopter DIY drone that can follow his kid to the bus stop. It all started as a fantasy. "I walk my grade-school-age son 400 meters down the hill to the bus stop. Last winter, I fantasized about sitting at my computer while a camera-equipped drone followed him overhead.
" He decided he'd build it himself
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| Inside 'DuJour': Designing a Magazine for a Multi-Device Age | | Tuesday, December 04, 2012 3:43 PM | Lauren Indvik |
| | This fall, Niche Media founder Jason Binn, Gilt Groupe and Hudson News made a bold bet on the magazine business at a time when many titles, both new and old, are downsizing or shuttering altogether. Unlike many of the magazine launches we've followed over the last year (Cosmo Guy, Huffington, Quartz), DuJour was released simultaneously in print, online, and for mobile, social and email platforms. The title, which targets consumers with an average income above $250,000, began with a print run of 250,000. Its website was optimized for tablet and smartphone reading from inception.
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| 4 Things Media Companies Must Do ... or Die | | Tuesday, December 04, 2012 2:18 PM | Robyn Peterson |
| | In the first half of 2012, I wondered if the Mayans had media companies on their minds when allegedly predicting the end of the world (by the way, please don't believe the world ends on 12/21/12). What a year. Media's core revenue stream is slipping away: Astoundingly, five tech companies control 68% of all online ad revenue. And it ain't gettin' better. By 2015, Facebook alone is expected to account for 20% of all online ads sold. And, we can feel it on our pocket books, as this year, journalist roles were named to the top 10 worst jobs list.
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