Category: Technology
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Rottnest Swimmers Can Now Optimize Route | The University of Western Australia
Swimmers taking part in the iconic Rottnest Channel Swim this Saturday (26 February) will be able to design a personalized, optimized route for their crossing that can be uploaded to their GPS, Garmin watch or the Rotto Swim app.
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Search For Missing WA Shark Attack Victim, What Tech Will Keep Swimmers Safe | The Project
After a second day of searching, authorities are still yet to find any trace of a WA father, after he was attacked by a shark at a Perth beach. We take a look at the new shark technology hoping to keep beaches safe this summer.
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Magnetic Barrier Keeping Sharks Away From Swimmers | UpLink
This innovative magnetic barrier is keeping sharks away from swimmers.
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AquaEye – A Powerful Tool for Lifeguards | VodaSafe
AquaEye can help your team clear swim areas before opening or after closing. If a swimmer goes missing, your team can search nearly an acre of water in under 2 minutes. AquaEye tells you the direction and distance to the missing person using sonar and artificial intelligence, putting an X on the map where the…
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Swimming Robot Inspired by Ancient Blood-Sucking Parasite | CNET
The robot AgnathaX is modeled after the lamprey, a jawless blood-sucking fish that’s been largely unchanged by evolution for the past several hundred million years.
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GLOBALink | China’s Biomimetic Robot Dives up to 1,025 Meters in Test Swim | New China TV
A biomimetic robot can dive up to 1,025 meters! The robot with the shape of a manta ray, or devilfish created by Chinese researchers can flap its wings and slide underwater.
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Toyota Halts All Self-Driving E-Palette Vehicles After Olympic Village Accident | Reuters
Toyota Motor said on Friday it had suspended all self-driving e-Palette transportation pods at the Tokyo Paralympic Games village, a day after one of the vehicles collided with and injured a visually impaired pedestrian. Read Reuters
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Huge Open Water Swim GPS Test | Garmin, Apple, Wahoo, Polar, COROS, Suunto | DC Rainmaker
Here’s the biggest open water swim test on YouTube, with every brand of triathlete/open water swim watch, and a dozen current models. This round-up includes the most popular watches for triathletes and open water swimmers: – Apple Watch Series 6 – Apple Watch SE – COROS VERTIX 1 – COROS VERTIX 2 – Garmin Forerunner…
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Razer Helped Design a Trash Collecting Robot to Clean Up Plastic Pollution | CNET
Gaming giant Razer has partnered with a small company called Clearbot to help design an autonomous trash-collecting boat that can identify floating garbage in the water, catalog it and then collect it into a waste container. The collaboration is part of Razer’s Go Green with Razer initiative to help startups working on sustainability and green…