Not exactly powered by water, but using it as a conductive agent, completing an electrical circuit powered by probably a slowly dissolving piece of zinc. Anyways, all kinds of water-powering always sound like the perfect solution for swimming pools :-) See vat19.com.
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Mack Horton, 14 and 15:37.71 in the 1500 free
At the Australian age group nationals in Adelaide yesterday, 14-year-old Mack Horton set an impressive Australian age group record, clocking 15:37.71 in the 1500 long course freestyle. This wiped 10 seconds of his previous age group record in the age-group 14 and below. In comparison, Grant Hackett in 1996 clocked a very impressive 15:30.63 a month before his 16th birthday, finishing 5th at Australia’s Olympic trials then. Read more here on SwimNews.com.
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The CNM Wiz Khalifa ‘Black and Yellow’ remix
‘Blue and Yellow’, featuring Cercle des Nageurs de Marseille team members Grégory Mallet, Fabien Gilot, Bradley Ally, Nabil Kebbab, Giacomo Perez Dortona and Camille Lacourt. Sweet.
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The Shanghai 2011 trailer
Complete with a Chinese crooner and everything. We’ll be there :-)
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The Shanghai food safety information video
FINA and the Shanghai 2011 World Championships organizers have released this video, describing the five measures that the Chinese government and Shanghai government will attend, in order to ensure the food safety for athletes and spectators. Via fina.org.
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Wavejet, for when you’re tired of paddling
Two battery-powered jets tucked into the shortboard’s three-inch shell provide 20 pounds of thrust to propel riders at 12 mph – three times the average paddling speed, and just what you need to catch the big one. Read popsci.com and see WaveJet.
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Now we’re getting there: A waterproof smartphone
NEC is preparing a Gingerbread-powered smart phone called N-06C with IPX5 and IPX7 waterproof ratings, meaning that this 7.9mm-thick Android has been tested against small water jets and one-meter immersion. Specs are a 1GHz Snapdragon processor, 480×854 LCD, 1GB ROM, 512MB RAM, 802.11n WiFi, and 5 megapixel camera with 720p video. Via engadget.com.
It will look somewhat like this older (and non-waterproof) NC-04C …
Nec Medias N-04C – Docomo Press Conference from SpacePigTV on Vimeo.
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Fran Crippen drowned
FINA’s Open Water Swimming Technical Committee is to work with the International Triathlon Union and the International Olympic Sports Medicine Committee to fine tune the detail of recommendation made by two inquiries into the death of American swimming Fran Crippen in a 10 K marathon race in Fujairah, UAE last October. Read more here on SwimNews.com.
One really sad conclusion of the inquiries is that the autopsy report confirmed that Fran Crippen drowned, rather than die of a heart attack or something. In my personally opinion the smoking gun proving that something was seriously wrong with the security at this FINA World Cup race, and that there are people, lifeguards, officials to blame.
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Boyle gets Regan a ticket for Shanghai
Senior high performance coach Mark Regan was not ranked high enough to be
selected as part of the New Zealand team for Shanghai 2011, after having resigned as national head coach after Commonwealth Games 2010. But star performer Lauren Boyle spoke out, saying she has no other coach now she is out of the US collegiate scholarship, and now SNZ Board changed their mind, taking him anyway. Read nzherald.co.nz.