Category: Technology
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The Deepflight Super Falcon to attempt first ever underwater loop
This October, Hawkes Ocean Technologies hope to have their DeepFlight Super Falcon ‘hydrobatic’ submarine ready for mankind’s first ever underwater loop, ‘we’re going to go into the water and do what only whales can do until now’. They need funding though, specifically $45,000 by Sunday August 26, they are at $2,665 now on Kickstarter. Via…
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Behold, WSJ recreate Franklin’s 100 backstroke win with paper puppets
With NBC having paid more than 1 billion dollars for the exclusive rights to broadcast the London 2012 Olympics in the United States, the pundits at the Wall Street Journal were stuck with having to make this low-budget recreation. Still, apparently they managed to broadcast the swim before NBC. Wow. See “>the Wall Street Journal…
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Speedo Fastskin Racing System Media Clinic
Journalists from all over the world enjoyed a taste of life as a Speedo sponsored athlete as they tested out the Speedo Fastskin Racing System at a special media event in London. This I learned today … that extra cap inside the egg-shaped is a ‘hair management system’
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Reuters’ Underwater Camera for Shooting Olympic Swimmers
Design derived from the cameras used during the BP oil spill back in 2010, via PetaPixel
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Life as a top notch surf photographer
Nice Momentum documentary on surf photographer Zak Noyle, via PetaPixel Part 1 Part 2
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iGills turns your iPhone into a diving system (and underwater camera)
iGills is a waterproof housing (plus free app) that turns your iPhone into a dive computer, underwater still and video camera, digital dive log, compass, flashlight with easy to reach press buttons and more, all for just $329.99. Via SlashGear.
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Why not to interview someone under water
Courtesy of Fox News, the transcript according to Mediaite: “BUBBLE BUBBLE GURGLE. BUBBLE BUBBLE the sea BUBBLE BUBBLE research GURGLE BUBBLE BUBBLE very important BUBBLE BUBBLE BUBBLE.â€
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Jacques Cousteau: ‘The most creative and imaginative person I’ve ever met’
Jacques Cousteau practically invented scuba diving when he developed the regulator valve that made possible breathing air from tanks underwater. “I remember most that he was enchanted with ideas … He was almost like a little child, but he was the most creative and imaginative person I’ve ever met,” says Susan Schiefelbein, a close collaborator…
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Televising the London 2012 Olympics
Anyone excited yet ? Televisacion de los Juegos OlÃmpicos de Londres 2012 from Swim Crunch on Vimeo.