The South African nationals came to a close today in Durban with 12 swimmers on the plane to London 2012, spearheaded by Shanghai 2011 bronze medalist Cameron van der Burgh and 4-time individually qualifying Chad le Clos. Le Clos is by the way aiming for a magnificent seven entries including three relays. Via SwimNews.
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Interview with Therese Alshammar at the 2011 UAE International Swim Meet
An interview with World Champion, Olympic medalist and world record holder Therese Alshammar of Sweden, shortly after winning the 50 freestyle at the 2011 UAE International Swim Meet held at the Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Sports Complex purposefully built for the FINA Short Course Swimming World Championships in December 2010.
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Toothless whales use fat to listen
If that was me, I’d be like Heimdallr hearing grass as it grows on the earth ! :-)
“Scientists have long understood the way dolphins and toothed whales have been able to hear underwater. These animals have a special type of fat surrounding their jaws which can relay sounds from the ocean to their ears. Now, thanks to a new study, scientists are able to understand how their toothless grazing cousins, the baleen whales are able to hear without these sound-enhancing jaws.”
Photo of minke whale courtesy of Andrew Reding, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0
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Interview with Milorad Čavić at UAE International Swim Meet in Dubai 2011
An interview with Olympic medalist, Milorad Cavic of Serbia, shortly after his 50 butterfly at the UAE International Swim Meet held in April 2011 at the Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Sports Complex purposefully built for the FINA 2010 Short Course Swimming World Championships.
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Michael Phelps gears up for 2012
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Ducklings stuck in swimming pool saved using sun chair
Very inventive, next time please shut off that lawn mover. Via Neatorama
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BluBleu launches the MagicBath baby jacuzzi
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The Polaris 9400 Sport Robot cleans your 40-foot pool in 2 hours
So that is not a particularly long pool, but with that design and all that advanced technology crammed into its body, I’m all for it ! See Zodiac Pool Systems and Polaris, via Engadget
The ActivMotion Sensor in the 9400 uses an accelerometer, much like those used in electronic stability control systems in cars, or in smart phone and tablet devices to align the screen vertically or horizontally depending on the angle in which the device is held; the accelerometer automatically senses cleaner position. It measures force to determine 3-dimensional position, such as deep, shallow, horizontal or vertical, and adapts the pool cleaner for maximum cleaning action.
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Amazing shots from the 2012 underwater photo contest
Intrepid photographers submitted over 700 underwater images for the 2012 Underwater Photography Contest and an adorable red sea slug grinning for the camera was awarded the contest’s star, see International Business Times. Personally, I think that smug-looking sperm whale is way more adorable! :-D
