Category: Technology
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CC photo #48: MankoÄ has a great taste in computers
Got to take this photo of Slovenia’s Peter MankoÄ in our mutual Rome 2009 World Championships team hotel. One of the great things about going to the big events, is that you get to meet your heroes in person, typically like here because we all need to go to the lobby to have decent wireless…
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Wayne State Pride: 2012 GLIAC Champions
“The Wayne State University swimming and diving teams successfully defended their GLIAC Championships last week in Jenison, Mich. The women’s team won its third straight and sixth in seven years, while the men’s team captured its seventh championship in the last decade.” All shot on GoPro HD Hero 2. Edited on MBP in Final Cut…
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China’s deep-sea vessel “Jiaolong” to attempt record-setting dive
“Jiaolong will make a 7,000-meter test dive this year after several improvements are made to the submersible vessel,” Jin Jiancai, secretary-general of the China Ocean Mineral Resources Research and Development Association, said over the weekend. If the planned dive is successful, Jiaolong will have proven itself capable of reaching nearly any seabed in the world.…
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GoPro Wi-Fi BacPac will allow us to live stream 50 remote controlled GoPro’s at a time
GoPro’s highly anticipated Wi-Fi BacPac and Wi-Fi Remote Combo Kit are promised to be released in March 2012 for $99, that will allow us to simultaneusly record to onboard SD-card and live stream over Wi-Fi from 50 cameras at a time, remote controlled via the Wi-Fi Remote or with a free GoPro App available for…
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Speedo Fastskin FS II did not reduce drag, say scientists (now)
Researching how toothlike scales on sharks reduce drag by generating vortexes on the front edge of the skin, eddies that essentially would suck the shark forward, Harvard University bioroboticist George Lauder and graduate student Johannes Oeffner at Lauder Lab also looked at shark-skin mimics like the Speedo Fastskin II fabric and silicon rubber “riblets” used…
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Michael Phelps has slept at 8,000 feet for almost a year
According to the Washington Post 16-time Olympic medalist Michael Phelps said Wednesday he had been sleeping “at 8,000 feet every night†for almost a year, after noticing he bounced back from workouts better when he trained at altitude, and therefore trying a device that simulates that. “We’ve been able to realize after going to Colorado…
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CNET testing the Pantech Element waterproof Android tablet
The Element tablet by Pantech offers a waterproof design, quick dual-core processor, HDMI output and 4G LTE data. Bad thing is that it is not operable underwater, and not particularly rugged beyond water resistance. Bottom line that it is a fun, midsize tabled geared more toward the accident-prone than the outdoor adventurer. Read full review…
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EPFL develops full-body sensor suits to improve swimmers’ training
Scientists from EPFL’s Laboratory of Movement Analysis and Measurement (LMAM) have developed waterproof inertial systems to be sewn into full-body swimming suits, equipped with accelerometers and gyroscope, which can analyze the strengths and weaknesses of elite-level swimmers during workout sessions. Parameters are for instance instantaneous swimming speed and coordination, and the swimmer’s gas exchange by…
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London 2012 – The Official Video Game (work in progress)
Good to see that they’ve got the OMEGA OSB11 starting blocks in the game, but … what’s with those briefs, and where are the ‘racing systems’ ? :-P