Category: Technology
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DeepFlight Submersible – Searching for Whale Song
Wow, this is what GoPros are for Renowned submersible designer Graham Hawkes and co-pilot Lee Behel go on a surreal adventure in the DeepFlight Super Falcon submersible. Using their hydrophones and their wits, our intrepid explorers cruise the underwater valleys of Hawaii in an attempt to capture whale song. The DeepFlight Super Falcon submersible was…
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Sports broadcasts might soon feature Matrix-style replays
Uh oh, read Gizmag Along with its nihilistic cyberpunk style, the film The Matrix is famous for popularizing what’s known as “bullet time†photography. You know the shots where someone would run and jump, then they’d freeze and the camera would appear to track around them as they were frozen in mid-air? That’s bullet-time. Now,…
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Irish Swimming goes high-tech with kinematic sensing system
Read Galway Independent, siliconrepublic and Swim Ireland Swim Ireland has teamed up with NUI Galway with a view to developing a new high performance analysis system for competitive swimming. The development work is well under way on the new system which utilises innovative kinematic sensing technology. The new technology which is in test mode is…
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The SEAL: Wearable Swim Monitoring and Drowning Detection System
See and support this project on indiegogo, currently at about $14,500 raised of $85,000 goal. The SEAL wearable swim monitor and drowning detection system offers an extra layer of protection by creating a virtual safety network between swimmers, guards, and parents by wirelessly connecting wearable swimmer and guard/parent bands through a compact, portable monitoring hub.…
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Stat̻ra Client Testimonial РMike Unger, USA Swimming
“Statêra is a leading IT services provider that helps companies to optimize performance by mapping strategic goals and objectives to IT initiatives. With over a decade of experience, Statêra leverages best practices and uses today’s top technology solutions to provide powerful insight into your enterprise, solve your mission-critical problems, drive return on investment and transform…
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Google I/O 2013 – Dive Into Underwater Street View
30+ minutes of geekdom, bear with me Google and Catlin Seaview Survey‘s Richard Vevers have partnered together to bring the first ever underwater street view imagery to Google Maps. Learn how Catlin Seaview Survey has built a special camera to collect this spectacular surround imagery.
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Behold this awesome underwater bullet time ad created in South Africa
Via PetaPixel Portugal’s Krypton Films, in collaboration with production company Moonlighting and marine support company Frog Squad, recently succeeded in filming what they claim to be South Africa’s first ever underwater time slice for an Aqua Das Pedras mineral water commercial.
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Google Maps the Oceans for Underwater Street View, and You can Help
We’ve mentioned the Catlin Seaview Survey before, where underwater footage is recorded for scientists and the rest of us to enjoy and use, in order to assess the state of coral reefs over time. They have been using a pretty high-tech 360-degree panoramic camera called the Catlin Seaview SVII, but with smart phone camera capabilities…