Category: Technology
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MIT create anti-fogging, glare-free, self-cleaning glass
Researchers at MIT have developed a new surface texture that, when applied to glass, produces a kind of glass that removes reflections, is free of glare, doesn’t fog, and has a surface that causes water droplets to bounce off like rubber balls, drawing whatever dirt on the surface with them. So I’m thinking goggles, goggles,…
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Helmet cam may hold jet-skier Joseph Scaturchio’s last moments
Bound to happen, I guess, with the cameras marketed (and proven) as rugged, survive-all ‘action cams’, but still incredibly sad: Police are investigating the death of Victorian competitor Joseph Scaturchio in the Australian Watercross Nationals in a crash on the Southport Broadwater on Sunday. Mr Scaturchio, 22, was killed during a collision between three jet-skis.…
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BluBleu launches the MagicBath baby jacuzzi
Ahh, that looks like a necessity for your specially spoiled baby, only €1655 (around US$2,185), see BluBleu via gizmag.
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The Polaris 9400 Sport Robot cleans your 40-foot pool in 2 hours
So that is not a particularly long pool, but with that design and all that advanced technology crammed into its body, I’m all for it ! See Zodiac Pool Systems and Polaris, via Engadget The ActivMotion Sensor in the 9400 uses an accelerometer, much like those used in electronic stability control systems in cars, or…
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Stewie the Duck launches free water safety app on iTunes
Stew Leonard III Children’s Charities today announced the launch of its new Stewie the Duck Learns to Swim mobile app for iPad and iPhone. The app, which is free of charge, is the first app of its kind designed to promote water safety to children. It was remarkably approved by Apple on April 4, 2012,…
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Mutual of Omaha releases Swim Star 2012 game for iOS
Mutual of Omaha recently launched Swim Star 2012, a unique swimming game app for iPhone and iPad, in anticipation of the U.S. Olympic Swim Trials, which will take place in the company’s hometown of Omaha, Nebraska. in June, and the Summer Olympic Games in London. Swim Star 2012 allows players to select an avatar and…
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The Arena Carbon Pro explained (and first impressions)
By ArenaPeople, so it is not completely unattached ;-) Alexander Dale Oen – first impressions Ranomi Kromowidjojo – first impressions
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London data center staff to live in pods during 2012 Games
According to Wired, the newly founded British company Podtime has sold 19 futuristic sleeping pods originally intended for overworked financial staffers, airport travelers and youth hostels, to three colocation facilities including a London data center operated by Interxion, to ensure that its high service levels are continually met throughout the Olympic Games. With the Olympics…
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What makes a swimming pool fast ?
Interesting story here on The Brown Daily Herald, with Brown Bears’ head coach Peter Brown describing what makes the new Katherine Moran Coleman Center swimming pool the fastest aquatic center in the Ivy League and in the Northeast. (Ehm, vaguely related video) “Fast pools have specific characteristics, and if you don’t have those, you’re going…