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Category: Equipment

  • This radio runs on shower power

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    The H20 Power Radio screws into place between the taps and the hose, and then runs on power generated from water running through a micro turbine inside of it. It’s not clear whether or not it can be installed if your shower is the type where the taps and the head just stick out of…

  • Livestream with Teradek Cube is pure portability

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    With Teradek Cube you can stream directly from any camera in HD quality via Wifi, Ethernet or 4G to Livestream.com, no laptop required. It is small enough to be carried on top of your camera, and still encodes professional grade H.264, using only 2.5W of DC power, which can be from a battery pack. Type…

  • Phew, WADA Says Viagra Is OK For Athletes

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    The agency is studying Viagra’s effects in athletes, but hasn’t yet banned it. Viagra is not on the International Olympic Committee’s list of prohibited drugs, so athletes can take it at the Beijing Olympics. Read cbsnews.com

  • Japanese Swimmers May Wear Speedos At Olympics

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    The Japanese Swimming Federation has decided to allow its swimmers to wear Speedo’s LZR Racer at the Beijing Olympics. “In order to get the best results in Beijing, we took into account the opinions of the athletes and the coaches,” JSF vice chairman Kazuo Sano said Tuesday. Source: iht.com

  • FINA Approves New Arena, Adidas, Mizuno Suits

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    ‘POWERSKIN R-EVOLUTION +, maintains all the innovative features already introduced with the POWERSKIN R-EVOLUTION suit (one single piece of fabric, zero seams on the front and just two low-profiled, thermo-fused sews (seams) and incredible light fabric: only 99g/sqm, ) with additional PU [polyurethane] panels, strategically placed to improve muscle compression’ Source: SwimNews

  • Blue Seventy, The Suit You Never Heard Off

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    Turns out that there is a suit made by New Zealand company Blue Seventy, that is competitive with the Speedo LZR and its likes, already out there, and even lasts for up to 25 races. Read swimnetwork.com

  • Mizuno, Asics And Descente Respond To Japanese Deadline

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    The Japanese Swimming Federation gave the three Japanese sportswear companies until May 30 to come up with an outfit comparable to the LZR Racer, which they then have unveiled by now. Asics and Descente have used a new “world’s fastest swimwear material” called Biorubber Swim-SCS Fabric and polyurethane, while Mizuno say they have a new…

  • Fun Angle On The Speedo Controversy

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    With outsider points like “In the same way that most men believe red sports cars are speedier than those of other hues, they believe Speedos go faster than normal trunks” and “Well, on behalf of readers, a friend of mine examined them to see if there was obvious NASA input. There were no rockets, fuel…

  • Fight Mosquitoes By Putting Fish In The Pool

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    With foreclosure season coming up now, Californians are fighting mosquitoes the natural way by releasing small but effective fish called Gambusia Affinis into the abandoned pools. Source: ABC News Picture courtesy of NOZO at Wikimedia Commons