To use them, you start by looking towards your destination (probably a buoy or landmark), then pressing a button on the goggles to save that heading. Once you start swimming, the onboard electronics will detect any deviations from your course toward that point – this includes drifting due to currents or wind.
See gizmag and www.oncoursegoggles.com
Online retailer Allearplugs.com are continuing to raise awareness for hearing loss with their Save Your Hearing Campaign. Hearing loss affects people all over the world. 1 in 6 people in the UK and 15 per cent of all American adults suffer some form of hearing impairment. This month, Save Your Hearing is focussing on swimmer’s ear – a painful and irritating condition that affects thousands of people around the world.
Long feared and almost universally reviled, rats have been linked with a multitude of awe-inspiring feats, including wiping out millions of humans through three global pandemics. (Although a recent study exonerated rats for spreading the bubonic plague that devastated Europe in the 14th century. Gerbils are now taking the fall for that one.)
Now there is video footage demonstrating how rats swim up sewer pipes and into toilets.
Denise Diering didn’t expect to see a big black bear standing at the edge of her swimming pool when she looked out the back door of her North Vancouver home late on Monday afternoon.
She told CBC News she shouted to her husband, Tony Diering, who was nearby, to “Close the door!”
When she looked back, the bear slid into the pool, then climbed into the adjoining hot tub for a quick soak.
CNN host Chris Cuomo helped save a man from drowning and opened up about the incident on Tuesday while hosting “New Day.”
Olympic gold medalist Cullen Jones shares stories about his work with the USA Swimming Foundation’s Make a Splash Initiative.
Olympic gold medalists Michael Phelps and Allison Schmitt discuss 2015 and things to come in an interview for USA Swimming’s Race for Gold.
The second leg of the FINA/airweave Swimming World Cup 2015 saw 36 nations battled it out in Paris-Chartres (FRA) on August 15-16.
Katinka Hosszu topped the 100m and 200m free and the 200m and 400m IM in Paris-Chartres while Cameron Van der Burgh proved the strongest in the 100m breast, a repeated victory from the Moscow leg. Nicolas Fink (USA), who won 200m Breaststroke on Day 1, placed second in front of Cody Miller (USA).
Gregorio Paltrinieri (ITA) won the 1500m freestyle (fifth time in his career). The second fastest man was Jan Micka (CZE).
A very consistent Camille Lacourt (FRA) remained unbeaten in the 50m and 100m backstroke while Pavel Sankovich (BLR) took silver and Wen Zheng Quah (SIN) bronze.
Ella Eyre became a singer when ear infections ended her swimming dreams.
The 21-year-old star initially wanted to pursue her sporting passion when she was younger but gave it up after frequently getting ill, something which she now regards as a “blessing in disguise”.
She said: “I wanted to be a swimmer when I was growing up – I trained so hard, but at 13 I had to give it up as I kept getting really bad ear infections.
“It was obviously a blessing in disguise, because I started drama and eventually moved to The Brit School.”
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