Category: Technology
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Lifeguard drones can reach swimmers a minute faster than human lifeguards
Could lifeguard drones become a safety standard in the future? This innovative technology started generating buzz in 2013 when creator Amin Rigi of RTS Labs in Iran gave a public demonstration of the product. It is now being developed at RTS London and the company says it is ready to start mass producing the drones.…
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Xmetrics – World’s First Activity Tracker For Swimmers
Swimmers’ dream is to have an easy to use device to keep tracks of their performance, such as laps, time count, frequency monitoring etc. With Xmetrics this dream comes to reality: fixed at your goggles, just on the back of your head, it provides a customizable real time audio feedback directly while swimming. See Indiegogo
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Dan Bullock: Freestyle technique in open water
Swim for Tri coach, Dan Bullock, gives his top tips on freestyle swimming technique in the pool and in open water.
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Speedo Fit – A New App for Fitness Swimmers
Download Speedo Fit now from the App Store: http://bit.ly/speedofit Speedo Fit is a new app specifically made by swimmers for swimmers. Now you have a swim partner to track your progress and give you the information and inspiration you need to be fit. For more information visit: www.speedousa.com/speedofit http://youtu.be/eaKaQISrUAY
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LumaLanes setting the pace for Olympic swimmers
Swimmers at SwimMAC Carolina, a nonprofit organization where world record holders and Olympians train, are using LumaLanes(tm), a system of computer-controlled pacing lights that, when placed at the pool bottom, show the swimmers their ideal pace. Endorsed by David Marsh, the head coach, CEO and executive director at SwimMAC, the technology behind LumaLanes was developed…
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First Time Ever: Underwater 4K Resolution Broadcasting with a Smartphone & HDBaseT
On September 12, 2014, the first ever 4K video captured underwater by a smartphone will be broadcast to more than half-a-million viewers live, thanks to HDBaseT technology. The operation will involve more than 200 divers, instructors, professional photographers and production crew, for a 20-m dive along a shipwreck in the Red Sea, Eilat, Israel. With…
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Samsung Galaxy S5 nominates iPhone 5S to the ice-bucket challenge
The ice-bucket challenge that started with an aim to spread awareness about ALS – a neurodegenerative disease – is now being used as a marketing shot for Samsung to boast the Galaxy S5′s water-resistant capabilities. In its latest dig at its rivals, Samsung has posted a video of the Galaxy S5 taking the ice-bucket challenge…
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High-tech headband looks to prevent drowning
Some drowning incidents can be easily prevented, and a wearable device wants to keep tabs on submersion time while your kids are at the pool. The iSwimband is a Bluetooth-enabled sensor that syncs up with an iOS device to alert you when that little one has been under water for too long. Read Engadget
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SwimmingWorld switching to WordPress
SwimmingWorld Magazine just announced that they will be switching to this site (at the moment in Beta), which is powered by WordPress like the one you are reading right now. So that would be two of my favorite sites switching to WordPress these past few days – The New Yorker (which had us mentioned back in…