Category: Technology
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The Science of Sport: Aiding Kylie Masse’s charge to podium
In this edition of The Science of Sport, we examine the latest scientific initiative that Canada’s Swimming World Champion Kylie Masse hopes will help with her charge to the podium.
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This aquatic drone will make your underwater shots look stunning
You’re probably familiar with instagram accounts that have crazy cool drone footage of city landscapes, but what about the world beneath the waves? Navatics’ MITO is here to make underwater photos and videos more accessible, at a $1,499 price tag. Check out our video to learn more about how this aquatic drone can improve your…
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Swimming with a Prosthetic Leg: The Fin
Motherboard meets Kevin Vaughan, a 28-year-old vet and amputee as he tries his new amphibious water prosthetic, “The Fin,†a 3D printed prosthetic engineered for swimming.
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Head Position for a Faster Butterfly | The Race Club
Technology can be a wonderful tool in helping swimmers swim faster. At The Race Club, we feel that there is a great opportunity to help all swimmers swim faster using new technology, the velocity meter.
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Israeli AI Device ‘Watches’ Swimming Pools to Prevent Drowning Accidents
As winter gradually gives way to spring in the coming months, Israeli families with private swimming pools will slowly start dreaming of enjoying a refreshing splash once again. While for the vast majority, pools provide a way to cool off from the summer sun, 2018 was overshadowed by the tragic increase of children and adults who…
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SwiMMinD Learn to Swim
SwiMMinD’s Learn to Swim Module delivers remote, interactive and meaningful feedback through video analysis and digital certificates to swimmers interested to build confidence in the water. SwiMMinD assesses swimming skills performed by swimmers according to well established Learn to Swim graduation Programmes from Australia, Germany, the US and the UK. Register and Get your Remote,…
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Openwater Swim Mega GPS Test // Garmin, Suunto, Polar, Apple, COROS
It’s the ultimate show-down of 2018 swim GPS devices: The Garmin Fenix 5 Plus vs Suunto 9 vs Polar Vantage V vs Apple Watch Series 4 vs COROS Pace vs Suunto Trainer Wrist HR! Oh, and the Forerunner 935 along for the ride.
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Virtual reality lets patients swim with dolphins
Gulfside Hospice is testing out virtual reality technology to let patients deal swimming with dolphins or travel to London.
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Tokyo taxi firm sets the stage for a driverless fleet for 2020 Olympics
Deadlines linked to autonomous-car technology are tossed around like balls in a bingo spinner, with no one really sure when driverless cars will hit the streets in a meaningful way. What is clear is that a huge global event can focus the minds of those developing such technology, with Tokyo-based robotics outfit ZMP and local taxi firm Hinomaru…