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Category: Technology

  • Brazil has no Omega OSB11 starting blocks ?

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    Alberto Pinto Silva, coach to Olympic 50m free champion Cesar Cielo in Brazil, has described as foolish the fact that his country has no Omega OSB11 ramp starting blocks of the kind that will be used this summer in Shanghai and next summer in London when his charge defends the World and Olympic titles respectively.…

  • Phelps tries the altitude tents too

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    Michael Phelps was recently beaten in his signature race 200 meter butterfly, when he at the 2011 Eric Namesnik Michigan Grand Prix swam 1:57.79, behind China’s Wu Peng in 1:56.62, Poland’s Marcin CieÅ›lak in 1:57.13 and USA’s Tyler Clary in 1:57.56. Maybe therefore he now tries sleeping in an altitude tent, to see if it…

  • There is a race to reach the bottom of the ocean ?

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    It has been 50 years since anyone has been to the deepest point on the ocean floor, but now “Avatar” director James Cameron wants to go there, and British billionaire Richard Branson, and Triton Submarines CEO Bruce Jones, all in different projects. Cameron has commisioned a submarine made from high-tech composite materials, Branson will be…

  • SwimNews gets an iPad/iPhone app

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    The new (free) SwimNews.com news reader App for iPhone, iPad, iPod is now available at the iTunes store. Via SwimNews.com.

  • A Water-Powered clock

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    Not exactly powered by water, but using it as a conductive agent, completing an electrical circuit powered by probably a slowly dissolving piece of zinc. Anyways, all kinds of water-powering always sound like the perfect solution for swimming pools :-) See vat19.com.

  • Wavejet, for when you’re tired of paddling

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    Two battery-powered jets tucked into the shortboard’s three-inch shell provide 20 pounds of thrust to propel riders at 12 mph – three times the average paddling speed, and just what you need to catch the big one. Read popsci.com and see WaveJet.

  • Now we’re getting there: A waterproof smartphone

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    NEC is preparing a Gingerbread-powered smart phone called N-06C with IPX5 and IPX7 waterproof ratings, meaning that this 7.9mm-thick Android has been tested against small water jets and one-meter immersion. Specs are a 1GHz Snapdragon processor, 480×854 LCD, 1GB ROM, 512MB RAM, 802.11n WiFi, and 5 megapixel camera with 720p video. Via engadget.com. It will…

  • Friis and Pedersen test hypoxic tents

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    Danish swimmers Lotte Friis and Rikke Møller Pedersen are among the first Danish athletes to test the effect of hypoxic tents, as a mean to prepare for classic altitude camps, and prolong the effect of them. The Danish elite sport organization Team Danmark has criticized the use of hypoxic tents up until 2009, but has…

  • Cryosauna, a high-tech alternative to ice baths

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    Athletes are increasingly using ice baths to stimulate recovery, as seen in this ClubWolverine video with Mike Bottom about swimming recovery. A more high-tech alternative is the cryosauna, where liquid nitrogen is turned into freezing gas, plunging the temperature below -200 degrees Fahrenheit (-128 degrees Celcius), for instance used by ‘Mad Scientist’ Alberto Salazar. The…