Month: March 2012
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Video from a dolphin pod stranding and rescue this week
About 30 dolphins stranded and were saved by local people at Arraial do Cabo (Brazil) in the morning at 8:00 AM on March 5th 2012. And Gerd Traue was there to film the entire thing.
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YouTube and NBC will stream entire 2012 Olympics live and on demand
This summer, Americans, will be able to watch the entire Olympic Games as they happen for the first time ever, on NBC Olympics using YouTube’s technology back-end. That’s over 3,000 hours of coverage available for computers and mobile devices, live and on-demand. But alas, since NBC only controls digital rights for the United States, I…
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CC photo #69: Budapest 2010 team internet center
Internet for teams at the Budapest 2010 European Aquatics Championships was provided by parking this big bus inside the team area, complete with computers and everything. Best service I ever saw, maybe boosted by the fact that so few of us seemed to realize it was there :-)
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Cameron’s Deepsea Challenger launched, will go into the abyss in a few weeks
Behold the Deepsea Challenger, a one-man submersible craft that in a few weeks will take filmmaker James Cameron into the deepest point in the ocean – Challenger Deep in the Pacific’s Mariana Trench – as only the third human to visit that place since Jacques Piccard and Don Walsh back in 1960. Millionaire adventurer Chris…
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The Longest Swim
A promo of the documentary series about Ben Lecomte’s epic swim across the Pacific Ocean this summer, being developed by Emmy Award winning producer, Doug Stanley. See thelongestswim.com
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Michael Phelps interview on his career
With his planned retirement at the end of London 2012, Michael Phelps looks back on his career and his final 6 months in the sport. Via Michael Phelps on Facebook.
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3 new names on British Olympic roster, Gandy adds another event
On the 5th day of British Trials, Andrew Willis and Michael Jamieson managed to qualify for the olympics in the 200 breaststroke, with a time of 2:09.33 and 2:09.84 respectively. Ellen Gandy added 200 butterfly to her Olympic program with a time of 2:06.01, and Jemma Lowe also qualified in this event with a 2:06.37.…
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British government rejects no-handshake advice for its Olympians
The British government has rejected advice from the British Olympic Association’s chief medical officer that athletes should now shake hands at the London Games to avoid germs that could make them sick. Government health advisers seemed perplexed by the guidelines, which Olympic hopefuls derided as “rude” and “pointless”. Team GB is also distancing itself from…
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Nokia stepping into the nanotech superhydrophobic business
We’ve heard about these waterproofing solutions before, but now Nokia is also stepping into the game, announcing how they can keep mobile phones water resistant by using superhydrophobic coating. Via übergizmo