Category: Technology
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How to Heat a Swimming Pool with an Air Conditioner
This Old House plumbing and heating expert Richard Trethewey installs a device that will heat a pool with the heat produced by an air conditioner.
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The Naviator Drone Can Fly In The Air And Swim Underwater
Designed by the Office of Naval Research (ONR) and Rutgers University, the drone, named the Naviator, is the first amphibious drone ever created, with the ability to both fly in the air and swim underwater, using a series of sensors to move. Read Tech Times and Rutgers
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Finally, a smartphone you can wash with soap and water
What’s better than a waterproof smartphone? How about one you can clean with soap? Kyocera, which has done a line in toughphones for several year, revealed exactly that. Launching in (particularly soap-themed) pink, white and blue options in Japan, don’t let the kawaii design fool you — the phone is pretty designed to take some…
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Physicist and photographer combine talents to capture high-speed underwater videos
Underwater photographer Keith Ellenbogen and MIT theoretical physicist Allan Adams might seem unlikely partners, but the pair have just teamed up to produce high-speed videos for the New England Aquarium. If the early results are anything to go by, that’s very good news for ocean research! The two met at a dinner party in 2013 and…
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RoboBee: Harvard engineers create robotic bee that can fly and swim
Engineers from the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Science (SEAS) have created a robotic bee, or RoboBee, that can fly and swim as well. The RoboBee has been flying around for some time. However, engineers have strived to modify the paper clip-sized robot in order to make it swim without any…
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Jet Capsule boat has underwater cameras and a toilet
Wealthy boaters looking for a cool pleasure craft or water taxi that will keep them comfortably out of the elements might want to check out the $150,000 Jet Capsule. The boat was unveiled back in 2013 as a prototype and will launch to the public next year. The production version keeps the somewhat strange pod-like…
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Sunken GoPro camera surfaces year later with a story
When Kyle Puelston felt the GoPro camera slip off the top of his head, his heart sank as deep as the Temperance River bottom. Which is also where his head-strap and GoPro were headed. “It’s gone forever,” he thought. “I’ll never see it again.” After a year underwater, his GoPro proved him wrong. See KARE11
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Raleigh company creates technology to guard against drownings
A Triangle company that guards against drownings is making a big splash as the summer comes to an end. SEAL Innovation, Inc., a company we previewed in a “What’s Next†segment two years ago, just received word the YMCA in Raleigh will be using their SwimSafe technology. “The problem is people don’t know their child…
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OpenROV Trident – An Underwater Drone for Everyone
After the OpenROV team had been designing their own drones for almost half a decade, they decided to create an open source solution for consumers to enjoy. The Trident underwater drone comes ready to operate out of the box and is aimed at being easy to use for those new with the hobby. Best of…