Category: Technology
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acQuaMD safely removes water from your ears using vibration
acQuaMD is a one of a kind product and there is nothing in the market like it. It has been engineered and designed to utilize low and high vibration settings which have been clinically tested to safely disperse water trapped in the ear canal. The comfortable silicone tips are no larger (or smaller) than an…
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Microsoft Research wants to pit you against virtual swimmers
You don’t need other people to swim, but a Microsoft Research project can spice up your swimming routine by putting you in or pitting you against virtual teams. Redmond’s research division is working with a team of researchers from Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) to develop SwimTrain. It’s a system consisting of…
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Impact Hub Scaling Series: X-METRICS – The Ultimate Activity Tracker
XMetrics created and commercializes the ultimate activity tracker to improve any swimmer’s performance, using advanced biomechanical sensors and sophisticated algorithms. We want to scale to keep imaging and creating solutions that can change every passionate swimmer’s daily life. https://youtu.be/XdeyiPSPS9A
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Swimming tips with Pete Jacobs
Checking my stroke and offering some technique tips to think about. Swimming in my Endless Pool, practicing in a new blueseventy wetsuit. This Helix is the same as 2015, but with slightly shorter legs for an easier/quicker transition, and also with some custom printing. There’s lot’s of different ways to swim, but here is my…
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SwimTopia – Swim Team Software You’ll Love
Customers share why they love SwimTopia. SwimTopia Founder, Mason Hale and Director of Sales & Marketing, Elli Overton explain why they are so passionate about serving swim teams. See SwimTopia
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GoPro livestreamed a shark swim on Periscope using a simple cable and an iPhone
To show just what’s possible when you use your iPhone to livestream from a GoPro camera using Periscope, GoPro Thursday livestreamed a dive featuring famed wingsuit flyers / base jumpers Jeb Corliss and Roberta Mancino and some great hammerhead sharks. Read CNET LIVE on #Periscope: Testing out the GoPro underwater with bull sharks and hopefully a great…
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Powerskin Carbon Ultra by arena
For over 40 years, arena has been developing cutting-edge racing swimwear built on a foundation of in-depth research, technical know-how, and an unyielding commitment to quality. Since 2000, the brand’s top-of-the-range POWERSKIN family of suits has consistently set the benchmark for high performance swimwear for all levels of swimmer, from the Olympic champion to the…
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TritonWear – Live Speed and Stroke Efficiency Data From Entire Team With Zero Effort
TritonWear develops wearable technology that enables better coaching – which creates superior athletes. TritonWear has developed a small, non-invasive unit that connects to the back of a swimmers goggle strap to calculate 15 key performance metrics for each athlete and sends that data to a coaches tablet in real time for every athlete in the…
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How to Create Water Illusions Using a Camera
What you’ll need is some running water, a digital camera, a speaker, and a tone generator app. By sending a bass tone through the speaker at a frequency that matches up with the frame rate of your camera (e.g. 24hz bass tone and your camera recording at 24fps), the water will look like it’s frozen…