Category: Technology
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CC photo #483: Video analysis crew ready at Kalev Spa
Just a photo from Tallinn, Estonia back in January 2009, when we visited Rein Haljand for a bit of video analysis of Pál Joensen. Haljand’s son Holger ready with the camera cart, Jón Bjarnason ready to move the back stroke flags out of the way. A really nice pool and hotel, the Kalev Spa.
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Behold Fake Shower, the app that disguises your bathroom noises
Via Laughing Squid Should you feel shy about the noises you make in the bathroom, the folks at Akatu have developed an iOS app to disguise them called Fake Shower. It emulates the sound of running water (either from a shower or open tap) and measures how much water you’ve saved by using the app…
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The Instabeat swim HUD raises $11K in 5 days
Stuff is happening for Lebanese entrepreneur Hind Hobeika and her team of engineers – Since launching their Indigogo fundraising campaign last week to help get the Instabeat swimming monitor to market, they have now raised $11,145 dollars of the $35,000 goal, with 57 days left. Wamda asks if this is ‘The Arab World’s Hottest Hardware…
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Instabeat promises to track your pulse with a swim goggle head-up display
Remember ButterflEYE, the goggles that measure your heart rate while swimming? Well, that award-winning product has developed into Instabeat, a more streamlined and waterproof head-up monitor that displays instant feedback of your heart rate in your swim goggles, while at the same time tracking other parameters like laps swum and breathing pattern. In the video…
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Camera found after 5,000-mile underwater journey
Erin Burnett interviews the owner of an underwater camera lost during a 2007 Hawaiian vacation and found in Taiwan.
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Marine Scientists use Google Street View to share images
Philippe Cousteau joins scientists using Google Street View to share their incredible underwater images online. See also Catlin Seaview Survey.
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Scottish Gas National Age Groups Swimming Championships 2013 Preview
The Scottish Gas National Age Groups Swimming Championships are held from 10 – 14 April in the Royal Commonwealth Pool in Edinburgh. You can follow the event with daily reports on YouTube and also live at www.scottishswimming.com/live See also their promo video
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Behold the Virginia Tech Autonomous Robotic Jellyfish jellobot
I guess it could be used for all kinds of things, like (as planned) ocean monitoring, sea-sickening underwater footage, or just to make us pee even more in the pool. See Engadget Virginia Tech: Autonomous Robotic Jellyfish from virginiatech on Vimeo.
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How to Capture Audio at an Event
Important stuff at swim meets, because of the background noise and loud start signals etc. Zoom H1 it will be for me, or something similar :-) See more on OliviaTech