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Why We Run: A Natural History
Why we Run a natural history is a award winning nonfiction book by Berndt Heinrich. Originally published as "Racing the Antelope: What Animals Can Teach Us About Running and Ourselves." The book takes place in the retrospective past as the narrator, Heinrich, tells us about his ordeals that he has lived with and creating the book. Namely it is about the ultra-marathons that are the reason why the Humans are one of the best biological beings at endurance running. The book takes place from the past until the 1980's where Berndt Heinrich ran that Chicago Ultra marathon and was declared the victor. a achievement that he did not strive for since he only wanted to complete the race. He was stated by to have had a world record in running distance and timing for the ultra marathon. The methods for running the ultra-marathon were quite strange since instead of water he used Ocean Spray Cranberry juice, stating that it was the sugar that kept him going in the running mood throughout the 100 kilometer run.

The book is broken into chapters detailing different animals and their ability to be the best way that they use their natural advantages for ultra-endurance and with this knowledge Bernd Heinrich used it to become an ultra-runner. Why We Run focusses on antelopes, deer, wolves, bees, frogs, camels and other animals detailing how they are all prone to ultra-marathon techniques that humans are now using today. For example the antelopes in the south will travel in packs and they will "leap frog" from the back to the front in order to conserve energy and escape predators. The deer are natural sprinters and will use explosive sprinting power to escape animals while the wolves give chase as endurance runners running the deer down. Camels are adapted to fat storage and usage in order to conserve water in the harsh environment. Birds are detailed at having a majority of slow twitch fibrous muscles that are adapted for long travel times as well as an interesting anaerobic dexterity that allows air to enter and exit at the same time. The book concludes as Berndt runs the ultra marathon and reflects on the biology, anthropology, psychology and philosophy that was present through his life and the chapters detailing the animals and their metabolic functions.

Racing the Antelope
Why We Run: A Natural History was originally released as "Racing The Antelope, What Animals Can Teach Us about Running and Ourselves" The title was changed due to a grievance from Sean Gibbon, Author of  Run Like the Antelope a biographical book about the rock band Phish. In order to dissociate himself from the Run like the Antelope Bernd Heinrich and his editor Daniel Halpern came up with alternative titles to the book one of whom was Why We Run; A Natural History. Bernd Heinrich stated that this new title worked just as well since a new book was released titled Running after Antelope by Scott Carrier. With an influx of Antelope titled books Bernd Heinrich stated that the title "Why We Run" seemed more appropriate since his book proposes that our ability and passion to run represent our ancient heritage and capacities as endurance predators.

Critical Response
Why We Run: A Natural History has gained mostly favorable reviews from googlebooks and Barnes and Noble. reviewers stated that the writing of Heinrich is a passionate and engaging and that he leads a very interesting life. however the main focus of the animal physiology can become convoluted and was said to be tied to other chapters quite loosely until the end. Other reviewers have found that the logic to the facts in the book can come off as "mushy" and are not interconnected well. Positive reviews from New York Times, Publishers Weekly and positive aggregated reviews have propelled Why We Run to become a best seller on Amazon.com topping in at #19 for science and wildlife books.

Ardupilot
Ardupilot is the award winning platform for the 2012 UAV Outback Challenge unmanned robotics software developed by 3Drobotics

Customizability
The customizability of ardupilot makes allows it to be very popular in the DIY field. This allows for a multitude of uses such as multicopter and fixed plane drones. This customizability also allows a variety of additional parts to be used by the use of different connectors and transmitters to allow for different uses depending on the operator preferences. The Ardupilot has been successfully integrated into many airplanes such as the Multiplex Easy Star,Easy Glider Pro, and the Bixler 2.0. The customizability and ease of installation has allowed the Ardupilot platform to be intergrated for a variety of missions. The use of Mission planner has allowed the Ardupilot board to be used for mapping missions, search and rescue, and surveying areas.

2012 UAV Outback Challenge
In 2012 the Canberra UAV Team successfully took first place in the prestigious UAV Outback Challenge. This challenge was created in 2005 to showcase and promote UAV's significance to Australia in search and rescue missions. This contest is also promotes growth in aerospace, government, and civilian applications. The CanberraUAV Team consisted of Arduplane Developers and the airplane flown was controlled by an APM 2 Autopilot. The intended mission that was developed for the Outback UAV challenge was to locate and deliver medical supplies to a "lost" hiker. The CanberraUAV team and all subsequent teams failed to meet the requirement to drop a bottle of water on an intended target but instead the CanberraUAV team won based on a point system.

Features
The opensource format of ArduPilot has allowed for simple use of many open source platforms created by Jordi Munoze and Chris Anderson. the features are:
 * Programmmable 3D way points
 * Return to launch
 * inflight reset
 * fully programmable actions at waypoints
 * Stabilization options to negate the need for a third party co-pilot
 * Fly By Wire mode
 * Optimization of 3 or 4 channel airplanes.
 * Flight Simulations

FPV
Ardupilot supports function first person viewing