Read Stanford University News, a rapid thermal exchange device nicknamed ‘the glove’ creates a vacuum to draw blood to the surface of the palms, where cold circulating water then cools the blood, which returns to the core and rapidly lowers the body’s core temperature. Greatly improving exercise recovery and performance, ‘better than steroids’. Via POPSCI
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8-year old finds $60,000 piece of whale vomit on beach
Here is 8-year old Charlie Naysmith holding 600 grams of ambergris that he found on the beach at Hengistbury Head in England, a waxy substance from the intestines of sperm whales which is used to prolong the scent of perfume. That’s it, I’m going down to the coast with a couple of liters of schnapps, to meet the whales. Read Daily Echo via Geekology
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London 2012 Paralympics – Meet the Superhumans
This ad is awesome, via Mashable
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Deadspin raises $141 to buy alleged Lochte penis shot, get busted for violating Indiegogo TOS
An update on that story from yesterday: “Thank You For Donating $141 Toward Ryan Lochte’s Alleged Cock Shot. We Will Not Be Purchasing Ryan Lochte’s Alleged Cock Shot.”
The reason explained here
Alas, we’ve been informed by the exceedingly kind and patient people at Indiegogo that our Cockstarter campaign violated the site’s terms of service. Indiegogo is now in the process of returning contributions to our donors.
(Image courtesy of JD Lasica, CC BY-NC 2.0)
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Human Slingshot Slip ‘N Slide looks extremely fun and dangerous
Behold a wild bunch using a bungee cord attached to a boat to pull them down a hill and over a ramp into a lake while riding an inner-tube, via Geekologie
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CC photo #244: Faroe Islands at London 2012
The Faroese team at the London 2012 Paralympics. Flagbearer is our single competitor Ragnvaldur Jensen, who will participate in the men’s 100 breaststroke on Thursday 6 September, 2012, the one waving the flag in the back his coach Rúni Gaardbo, head coach here in our local club FLOT in Toftir.
Here is them walking in, courtesy of ParalympicSportTV
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Sun Hongsheng, China’s armless superhuman swimmer
Sun lost both his arms to a high voltage power line when he was just five. He said, “Just like any athlete, my dream is to qualify for competitions and win medals. I’m not here for fun. Everything we do is for our ultimate goal.”
“I’m here because I want a better future. I’m working towards qualifying for the biggest competitions. And the Paralympic Games is definitely the biggest,” he added. Read Yahoo! Sports -
CC photo #243: A stressful moment at Shanghai 2011
The view from our seats just minutes before the last day of finals at the Shanghai 2012 World Swimming Championships. They had it ready in time ! :-)
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Piombino 2012 OW Europeans website online, promo video fabulous
Only two weeks until the Piombino 2012 European Championships – Open Water Swimming, in Piombino, Italy from 12 to 16 September, see www.piombino2012.com. Start Lists and Results will be shown here on omegatiming.com. Promo video is awesome, makes me wanna go there and bring a spear ! :-)