Category: Technology
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Waterfall Swing – World Maker Faire 2011
As each swing rider reaches their highest point, the computer controlling the waterfall stops the flow at the exact moment for the rider to pass under completely dry. Awesome. Via Buzzfeed
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Night Freediving for Lobster with Sony Action Cam
There is a new kid in town, the Sony Action Cam, here helped by a LED dive light to film night freediving for lobster. The camera guy comments that for now he still recommends the GoPro Hero 2, until Sony fixes some issues with no dive flat door and the camera not recording sound when…
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The FitWet Jet Bike combines a stationary bike and a hot tub
Welcome to the awesome jet bike revolution, where you bike in water, 30 minutes of Jet Bike equalling 2 hours of standard bike while sweating less, according to FitWet. Well, at least it keeps those bikes out of the pool. Via Gizmag
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Liquipel-coated iPhone 5 gets soaked filming FlyBoard ad, and survives
According to Sparkhouse, their new ad for the FlyBoard from Fly Jet Sports was filmed entirely using an iPhone 5 coated in a water-resistant coating made by Liquipel. Here’s the finished ad
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Felix Baumgartner to jump from space today
No I know, hopefully not swimming relevant, but I’m watching this crazy Swiss guy jumping from the stratosphere today, to freefall at the speed of sound after only 30 seconds. Live on YouTube, he is entering the capsule at this moment, jumping in about 2 hours. UPDATE: The launch has been aborted for today, due…
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Build a Swimming Tank for Darpa and Make a Million Dollars
Darn, I thought they meant some kind of swimming pool, not an amphibious infantry vehicle. Read Wired and visit VehicleFORGE The Pentagon’s blue-sky researchers are gambling that you can build a swimming tank for the Marines in a fraction of the time it takes the military’s lumbering acquisitions process. All you need are the relevant…
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What it looks like when a gun is fired underwater
Behold a Glock 22 being fired underwater, more awesome photos and video to be seen here on PetaPixel. So it was seems to be true what our physics teacher taught us at engineering school, that you wouldn’t be able to shoot through a 1 meter thick aquarium. http://youtu.be/502KryEguA0
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Google Launches Underwater “Street View”
“Apple Maps might drive you off the road and into the ocean, but Google Maps just launched “Underwater Street View”, in case you’d like to see the sights but stay dry.”
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NASA astronaut completes 1st triathlon (including “swimming”) in space
This weekend, International Space Station Commander Suni Williams participated in the 26th annual Malibu Triathlon while in space, using exercise equipment specially formulated for weightlessness to simulate the event. After “swimming” half a mile (0.8 km), biking 18 miles (29 km), and running 4 miles (6.4 km), Williams finished with a time of one hour,…