Category: Technology
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The Race Club – Velocity Meter
We’re super excited to share what we’ve been learning from the velocity meter! Thanks @Marcus Schlesinger for being one of our many test subjects! We’ll be coming out with his results on our video subscription service soon…
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Pool Cleaning 101: Automatic Cleaners vs. Manual Vacuums
Pool ownership brings a lot of joy. It also brings a lot of responsibility. Sooner or later you’re going to have to clean your pool to get that grime out. You have a choice between using a manual vacuum and an automatic cleaner. These are two different ways of cleaning your pool. We’re going to…
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Tom Daley’s selfie swimming pool ad for HTC banned by watchdog
The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has banned an advert by Taiwanese electronics company HTC featuring Olympic diver Tom Daley, after it implied that one of its mobile phones could be used in swimming pools. The ad sees Mr Daley using the HTC U11 to take selfies while diving from a board and landing in the swimming pool below,…
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Police shoot down drone close to Commonwealth Games exclusion zone
Queensland Police Deputy Commissioner Steve Gollschewski has confirmed they shot down an unauthorised drone flying close to a Commonwealth Games exclusion zone. The incident, which occurred yesterday, gave the the security operation put in place for the event an early test after Gold Coast 2018 chairman Peter Beattie claimed the “safest place in Australia during…
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US Olympic Swim Team Captain on the Phlex Edge
We are 2 weeks into our campaign for the EDGE, a revolutionary swimming fitness tracker that has been met with incredible support by the swimming community. We figured as we go through the campaign, we would not only highlight the vital features that the EDGE has to offer for swimmers, but some of the people…
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EDGE – The swimming tracker made by swimmers, for swimmers
Meet the EDGE. A fitness tracker designed with all swimmers in mind. Providing everything from basic analytics like heart rate, distance, pace, and calories, to advanced measurements like detecting your stroke, providing feedback on what to fix, and a database of thousands of professionally written workouts to train smarter. The EDGE is the first product…
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This vibrating massager could be the answer to your muscle aches
The G2PRO by TheraGun could be the answer to your muscle aches. This vibrating massager claims to soothe your pains through its powerful vibration. Don’t be intimidated by its aggressive appearance. See Mashable https://youtu.be/M5VuZSHp3QU
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Origins of Modern Swimming Goggles
Prior to the late 1960’s almost no swimmer wore goggles in either practice or competition. Those that did use them wore the large, triangular shaped rubber goggles that we can often see in old photos of swimmers crossing the English Channel. The challenges with those big rubber goggles were that they made swimmers see double,…
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This Robot Can Walk and Swim — Inside You
A tiny robot with moves inspired by caterpillars and jellyfish is small enough to crawl, walk and swim inside the human body. Read the story here: https://nyti.ms/2FbGdXA