Category: Technology
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HRM Swim/HRM Tri: Unify Your Training with Garmin
Train and compete with more heart than ever before with HRM Swim and HRM Tri, heart rate monitors designed to track underwater. Enhance your triathlon experience by pairing HRM-Tri and HRM-Swim with Forerunner 920XT for a much more unified approach to training and racing. The non-slip HRM-Swim is perfect for pool swimming with wall push-offs.…
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10News viewers solve mystery of long-lost underwater camera
A La Mesa family has its camera back a day after 10News shared the camera’s contents. “My phone was about to die. I looked at it,†said Alycen Haynesworth. “A girlfriend had texted me and said, ‘they found your waterproof camera and you’re on 10News. LOL.’†San Diego divers Mark Schulze and Patty Mooney found…
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Setting up a Pool-Side Studio
Images and setup time-lapse of a studio that I put together in a pool to photograph two swimmers.
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Introducing the Misfit Shine swimmers edition, powered by Speedo
Your personal fitness tracker, now with lap counting technology. Swimmers, now it’s your time to Shine. https://youtu.be/be30GagUvrY
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Swim Straight with OnCourse Open Water Goggles
To use them, you start by looking towards your destination (probably a buoy or landmark), then pressing a button on the goggles to save that heading. Once you start swimming, the onboard electronics will detect any deviations from your course toward that point – this includes drifting due to currents or wind. See gizmag and…
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Swim.com Launches World’s First Swim Tracking App for Android Wear
San Jose, CA (August 11, 2015) – Swim.com, the world’s most advanced swim workout and training platform, launched its Android Wear app today, allowing swimmers to track their swims and access advanced analytics using any waterproof Android Wear device, including the waterproof Sony Smartwatch 3. With its launch, Swim.com becomes the first swim app available for Android Wear.
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‘World’s First Swim App’ on Apple Watch Put to the Test in New Video
In the days and weeks after its launch last April, one of the biggest curiosities surrounding the Apple Watch was its tolerance to water. Thanks to a few initial tests — from showers tohigh dive pools — we now know that the Apple Watch is indeed a bit more waterproof than Apple promises, and with…
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A swimmer’s guide to mobile technology
By Jena Birch Back in 2012 at the London Olympics, The Independent reported that mobile devices will be banned at the Arena since it causes disturbance to the players. Apart from smartphones and tablets, the coordinators of the event also banned any distracting items such as horn, whistles, banners, and musical instruments. But, unknown to many,…
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WaterBlade aims to have fitness buffs walking on water
There are already human-powered devices that allow you to walk on water, plus there are electric motor-powered stand-up paddleboards. The WaterBlade, however, appears to bridge the gap between the two. It’s a floating platform that you stand on to “walk” across the water, but it also has a motor to help make things easier. Designed…