Swimmer's Daily

  • Here is Autism Swim’s Founder/Clinical Director Erika, talking about her vision for Autism Swim.

  • As winter gradually gives way to spring in the coming months, Israeli families with private swimming pools will slowly start dreaming of enjoying a refreshing splash once again.

    While for the vast majority, pools provide a way to cool off from the summer sun, 2018 was overshadowed by the tragic increase of children and adults who drowned at home.

    After unsuccessfully searching for a drowning detection solution for his own private pool, entrepreneur and homeland security expert Eyal Golan partnered with computer vision specialist Dr. Tamar Avraham in 2014 to establish Haifa-based Coral Drowning Detection Systems and prevent the tragedies that strike dozens of Israeli families and many more worldwide every year.

    Their first-of-its-kind, patent-pending Coral Manta system constantly “watches” and detects movement in private pools using a built-in underwater video camera, computer vision and artificial intelligence technology.

    When it identifies a potential drowning situation, it sounds an ear-piercing alarm and immediately sends a smartphone alert to all household members.

    “When we started developing Coral Manta, we had three major principles in mind,” Golan told The Jerusalem Post. “It has to be affordable, it has to be very reliable and precise in detecting real events, and it has to be a plug-and-play system. All you have to do is mount two screws on the corner of the pool and the system is stable and safe.”

    Read The Jerusalem Post

  • Police have called off their second day of searching the shoreline for a 16-year-old who is believed to have drowned yesterday at a West Auckland beach where his family was camping.

    https://youtu.be/CHI5nUL8UmQ

  • Seasoned Winter Swimmer Colin Hill provides some top tips on outdoor cold water swimming.

  • Three children have to take a flight from a remote Scottish island so they can learn to swim.

    Freyja Parnaby, six, Grace Parnaby, nine, and Lewis Wright-Stanners, nine, regularly travel from the Fair Isle to Shetland for their lessons.

    Each time they face the potential that their flight home may be cancelled due to adverse weather, leaving them stranded on the mainland.

    The children, from Fair Isle Primary School, take the 25-minute flight with their head teacher Ruth Stout, funded by the education department.

    Read The Irish News

  • A 20-year-old Florida woman discovered the health benefits of owning an Apple Watch when it indirectly saved her life as her flipped car was filling with water.

    Amanda Antonio told first responders in Hillsborough County, Fla., that she used her Apple Watch to locate her iPhone to call 9-1-1 after her car rolled in a ditch full of mud and water.

    “It’s up to my waist,” Antonio said according to a transcript of the call obtained by Spectrum Bay News 9, a television station covering the Tampa-St. Petersburg area. She later said, “It’s now up to my chin. I’m freezing. I’m so scared.”

    Antonio’s accident is yet another headline for the Apple Watch, which has been credited with detecting potentially fatal heart ailments with the ECG feature. The Apple Watch continues to be the best selling smartwatch, a device the public has been slow to embrace.

    Read Cult of Mac

  • By the standards of the Coney Island Polar Bear Club, it was practically a day at the beach for participants in the 115th annual New Year’s Day dip in the ocean off New York City.

  • In this video, we interviewed Camille Cheng, a Hong Kong Olympic Swimmer who talks about her daily routine, struggles and success stories.

  • The waters in Vancouver’s English Bay can be as cold as 3 C on Jan. 1, but that hasn’t stopped thousands of people from getting into the water to mark the new year.

    On Tuesday, the Vancouver Park Board will host the 99th edition of its Polar Bear Swim.

    The first was held in 1920, when around 10 people gathered on English Bay beach and then went for a swim at a time of year when the water is at its coldest.

    Now, thousands run down the beach and splash their way into the water to mark the start of another year. Many dress up for the occasion.

    Read CBC