

A new version of the company's Bamboo Paper app has been retooled for the peripheral that was designed for use on both third and fourth-generation iPads and the iPad mini. The brushed aluminum-clad device comes in black and blue color options with a case, spare nibs and a replacement battery all while resembling Wacom's Pro Pen more than previous Bamboo offerings. The Intuos Creative Stylus works in tandem with iPads for "a realistic pen-on-paper feel" for tablet-style drawing and painting with 2,048 levels of pressure sensitivity alongside Bluethooth 4.0 and shortcut buttons. Zoo President and CEO Matt Thompson called Le Le and Ya Ya “two of the most spoiled animals on the planet.”Ī memorial for Le Le was on display at the zoo on Saturday.If you're the type to digitally doodle on the slate that you already own rather opt for a professional-grade unit, Wacom just announced its latest accessory for doing just that. Zoo officials said the groups were spreading false information. Decades of conservation efforts in the wild and study in captivity saved the giant panda species from extinction, increasing its population from fewer than 1,000 at one time to more than 1,800 in the wild and captivity.Īdvocacy groups In Defense of Animals and Panda Voices previously applauded the return to China, saying the pandas had been suffering in the zoo setting.


The life expectancy of a giant panda in the wild is about 15 years, but in captivity they have lived to be as old as 38. The zoo says the pandas were key to research and conservation projects and helped people experience some of Chinese culture. Ya Ya will likely head back to China at the end of month, according to zoo spokesperson Rebecca Winchester. A visitor cries during a farewell party for Ya Ya, a Giant Panda at the Memphis Zoo on Saturday.
