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Instagram is making its face filters available for live video streaming through the app, the company announced today. Instagram had introduced face filters, which add visual effects to detected faces, back in May, but until now it was only available on video and images captured first and then posted to your Instagram Story after the fact. All existing face filters are now available for live… Read More
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In their own words (source – www.zunum.aero)
Imagine leaving your doorstep in San Jose at 7 AM and making it to a 9:30 AM meeting in Pasadena. With Zunum Aero, simply drive to a nearby airfield and walk to your aircraft with bags in tow, for a trip that will take half the time and at a much lower fare. Or skip the meeting altogether, and be on the slopes in Tahoe by 8:40 AM for $100 round-trip, and back home the same evening.
[Founder/CEO Ashish Kumar, CTO Waleed Said, PhD and the Zunum Aero team] are building a family of commercial hybrid-to-electric aircraft designed for regional transit, and powered by quiet range-optimized powertrain and propulsion technologies. Our vision is to develop 1,000-mile electric air networks to bring fast and affordable travel to every community. Check out our website for more!
In the news
Zunum Aero Could Be the Tesla of Aircraft | Grant Martin, Forbes, 6 April, 2017
Zunum Aero CEO Ashish Kumar is making hybrid-electric airplanes a reality | Andrew McIntosh, Puget Sound Business Journal, 16 August 2017
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