Category: Technology
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Pawel Achtel working to improve underwater optics
See Catalyst There’s a basic reality of physics that photographers can’t avoid – light behaves differently in water than in air. This is a story of one man’s ingenuity to overcome the optical challenges of filming underwater.
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LEN streaming LIVE from the Poznan 2013 European Junior Championships
UPDATE: Live streaming from the Swimming Championships is available here on ejc2013poznan.eu. They are streaming both from preliminaries and the finals The live webcast will be available during the entire championships from July 10th to 14th with morning sessions at 09:00 and afternoon sessions at 17:00 according to the competition schedule. Original post: The Poznan…
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Ziphius the Aquatic Drone now on Kickstarter
You might remember Ziphius, the smartphone-controlled aquatic drone, winner of Engadget’s 2012 Insert Coin: New Challengers competition. Well, now they have launched this Kickstarter campaign, hoping to raise $125,000 by July 24th. They are at $24,971 as we speak, see also myziphius.com
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Slow Motion Video of an AK-47 Fired Underwater
Destin of Smarter Every Day firing an AK-47 over- and underwater, while filming it with a high-speed Phantom Miro 320S. Interesting science going on here. Also, GoPros can take pretty much anything. Via Laughing Squid Watch this video on YouTube
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Instabeat Collaboration with Athletes Without Limits
“Instabeat is happy to collaborate with Athletes Without Limits to change the way their athletes swim. Athletes Without Limits is a DC based non-profit that works with swimmers with intellectual disabilities to help them train for national and international competitions. One of the challenges their coaches face is being able to communicate the training parameters…
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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.…