Category: Technology
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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
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MantaDroid offers “graceful” alternative to existing underwater robots
Researchers from the National University of Singapore have created an underwater robot designed to move and look like a manta ray, better disguising the machine among its aquatic surroundings. The MantaDroid is designed to be used for underwater surveillance and marine biodiversity studies. It proposes an inconspicuous alternative to conventional underwater vehicles currently used. See…
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Swim Coach – an App for Making Smart Swimming Workouts
Many swimmers are familiar with the problem of not knowing what exercise to do next in the pool. A new app called “Swim Coach” addresses this problem and is now available for Android devices. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.gizmodus.myswimcoach The protagonist of the app is a panda coach that helps swimmers and triathletes with planning interesting swim training sessions…
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A Dutch nonprofit uses virtual reality to let disabled people ‘swim’ with dolphins
Swimming with wild dolphins is something most can only dream of, and jumping into pools with captive animals has become increasingly controversial with environmentalists condemning it as cruel. But a Dutch nonprofit believes it has found a way to bring people, especially the disabled community, closer to such a joyful experience through the technological, immersive…