Category: Wow
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MIT alum captures world record-setting highest-resolution underwater image
Logged at 2.6 gigapixels, this YouTube video shows a new robotic, 3D camera system in action, developed by MIT alum Corey Jaskolski, responsible for taking “the world record-setting, highest-resolution underwater image.†Read BostInno
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Just a guy wakeboarding down the main streets of Irkutsk
Awesome, title says “Wakeboarding the central streets of Irkutsk” (Siberia, Russia) Via Buzzfeed
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Florida lifeguard fired for saving out-of-bounds swimmer
Thomas Lopez, a lifeguard at Florida’s Hallandale Beach, was fired Monday for leaving his official work zone in order save the life of a drowning swimmer. Apparently two other lifeguards have been fired for backing him, and four others have quit. “I ran out to do the job I was trained to do,†Lopez, 21,…
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Sullivan and Targett pose with Moulin Rouge dancers
That is just so sweet / awesome / why-don’t-i-swim-faster. And don’t worry, it is okay! Better quality picture here on Zimbio Lucky enough to get backstage to meet all the Australian Dancers. Such a tough day! http://t.co/fNLOy8OC — Eamon Sullivan (@Eamon_Sullivan) July 3, 2012
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Malcolm the Mini-monster goes to Iceland
He swims for a bit, so it is relevant :-) London to Iceland in Two Minutes from Beep Show on Vimeo.
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JVC ADIXXION action camera is waterproof and streams directly to Ustream
Not so shabby, JVC’s new pocket-sized GC-XA1 ADIXXION camcorder is waterproof down to five meters, shockproof to withstand a fall from two meters (onto pool tiles?), dustproof and freeze-proof (wee, now we can film the freezing of ice cubes), records in full HD 1920×1080/30p and can stream live high definition video in real time to…
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Bar Refaeli under water in an under.me ad
Israeli model and under.me designer Bar Refaeli demonstrating her underwater skills. We remember her from that ad with Michael Phelps, among other things. Via The Improper.
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Laura Funch (DEN), 25 meters in the plunge for distance
They call it an unofficial Danish record here on berns.dk, the 25-meter ‘plunge for distance‘ that Laura Funch managed on June 26, 2012. According to Wikipedia, the current world record holder is Francis Winder (F.W.) Parrington, who on September 23, 1933 managed 86 feet 8 inches (26.42 meters).