Category: Technology
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Michael Phelps interview — How Olympic athletes can take advantage of tech
My good athlete buddy (okay, I’d never met him before) Michael Phelps appeared at the Panasonic press event at CES 2020, the big tech trade show in Las Vegas this week. He was touting the Michael Phelps Foundation (which provides swimming lessons to children) and has agreed to be a captain for Team Panasonic, a group of celebrity athletes…
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Olympic Icon Michael Phelps, Katie Ledecky Join Panasonic For Tokyo 2020
Michael Phelps, regarded as one of the greatest athletes in Olympic history, is returning to the Games, not as a competitor in his sport of swimming, but as a member of Team Panasonic to “inspire today’s youth to dream big and to work hard to make those dreams come true.†Phelps, who is most decorated Olympian of…
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Does Bone-Conducted Music Improve Swimming Performance?
When it comes to sports and athletics you will often see athletes of all kinds with their headphones on at the start line. The same applies to recreational athletes. The reason for this is simple – the effect of music on motivation is well-known. Also, according to some studies music improves the endurance results by…
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How To Use A Swim Pace Clock | Keeping Time When Swimming
The swim pace clock is designed to be used by swimmers and coaches to make structuring and measuring efforts that much easier. If you’re not familiar with this piece of equipment it can seem a little confusing! We are going to explain why it is so useful and how to make the most of it…
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Underwater Portrait Shoot: Take and Make Great Photography with Gavin Hoey
In another Secret Portrait Challenge Gavin Hoey get’s thrown in at the deep end with an mystery underwater shoot using a mermaid tank. As this is a secret photography challenge and with no prior knowledge of the location or subject, Gavin starts by solving the most important question on any shoot, how do I light…
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Using Virtual Reality to Learn How to Escape a Rip Current
This Hofstra University rip current study, which uses virtual reality as its platform to educate beachgoers, is funded by New York Sea Grant.
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Sydney schoolgirl who invented smart swimming goggles headed to NASA | Jorja Siga
A 12-year-old girl with a big idea is one of three young Australians heading all the way to NASA. Clancy Catholic College Student Jorja Siga https://youtu.be/tB-CsE9B10k
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How to Choose the Good Waterproof Headphones
Factors to consider in determining the best for swimming Swimming and listening to music at the same time may have been an impossible scenario in the olden days, but that, fortunately for the enthusiasts, no longer holds true. Technology has, after all, given us that gift that now allows for those two things to be…
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This researcher created an algorithm that removes the water from underwater images
Why do all the pictures you take underwater look blandly blue-green? The answer has to do with how light travels through water. Derya Akkaynak, an oceangoing engineer, has figured out a way to recover the colorful brilliance of the deep.