Category: Technology
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Behold The Transparent Canoe Kayak
This canoe-kayak hybrid has a transparent polymer hull that offers paddlers an underwater vista unavailable in conventional boats. Seating two people, the sturdy hull is made of the same durable material found in the cockpit canopies of supersonic fighter jets. See Hammacher Schlemmer
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Arcus Motion Analyzer, A Ring-Sized Activity Tracker That Recognizes Gestures
Arcus Motion Analyzer is a ring-sized activity tracker than also recognizes gestures. This means that the device can give real-time feedback on things like sports while also being able to connect to and control various devices via Bluetooth. Users can wear multiple Arcus devices to provide metrics on things like kayaking strokes, and the device is resistant…
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Watch: A Shark-Deterrent Wetsuit (And It’s Not What You Think)
Ocean swimmer Hamish Jolly wished there was a wetsuit that could keep sharks at bay – so he invented one. Find out how he did it, and how you could apply the same techniques to create an innovation of your own. See Huffington Post
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Clever Buoy uses sonar to raise the shark alarm
In many parts of the world, shark attacks are a very real possibility for anyone entering the ocean. While suspended nets do help keep the toothsome fish separated from swimmers, they’re far from from 100 percent reliable, plus sharks (along with other marine animals) regularly get caught in them and perish – as sharks are…
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Swimming pool viral Vine: How to make your own magic ‘hand-of-god’ video clip
Read The Mirror The internet was captivated by a three-second video appearing to show a boy diving into a swimming pool, only to be plucked from the air by a god-like hand. The giant hand then apparently throws him into another part of the pool. We’re here to assure you the hypnotic clip is not…
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World’s Most Advanced Swim Workout & Training Platform Launches at Swim.com
Press release from swim.com Swim.com, the world’s most advanced swim workout and training platform, started in pre-beta today to select swimmers across the U.S. The training site becomes the first-ever swim activity platform compatible with all the major swim wearables.
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American Red Cross Free Swim App Brings Water Safety Information to Mobile Devices
See redcross.org The American Red Cross has released a free new Swim App to promote water safety for parents and caregivers of young people learning how to swim. The app allows iPhone, iPad, Android and Kindle Fire users to track their child’s progress in Red Cross swim lessons and play safety-themed games to test their…
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Underwater aviation, flying to the ‘edge of darkness’
See CNET Strapped in with a five-point harness, and crammed into a space hardly bigger than me, I was comfortable, actually, and so off we went. Down, toward the edge of darkness. It was a gorgeous Thursday earlier this month, and I was sitting in the rear seat in the DeepFlight SuperFalcon, a two-person submersible…
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How To Edit Underwater Photos with Photoshop & Lightroom
Via PetaPixel Photographer JP Danko recently put together the above video that takes a 20-minute behind-the-scenes look at the editing of an underwater photo. Detailing from beginning to end, Danko shares his personal technique for turning a straight-out-of-camera shot to something ready for publication.