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Blue Abyss will be the world’s biggest and deepest indoor pool

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Blue Abyss will plunge to a depth of 164 feet

Blue Abyss Ltd. is building the world’s largest and deepest indoor pool in Cornwall. Set to hold 1.5 million ft3 (42,000 m3) of water or, to use the standard British unit, 168 million cups of tea. It will be used for testing advanced undersea robotics, as well as acting as the world’s first commercial astronaut training facility.

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Residents can swim across 100-ft-high Sky Pool to neighboring high rise

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Vertigo-inducing swimming pools seem to be in fashion at the moment and following news of the Brooklyn Point tower’s infinity pool in New York City, London now boasts its own one-of-a-kind swimming pool, too. This one goes much further in its pursuit o… Continue reading Residents can swim across 100-ft-high Sky Pool to neighboring high rise→

Robotic paddlewheeler skims debris from swimming pools

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Swimming in pools may be fun, but using a dip net to skim leaves off of them can be a tedious chore. That’s why the solar-powered Ariel robot was created, as it autonomously does the job for you.Continue ReadingCategory: Robotics, TechnologyTags: Pool,… Continue reading Robotic paddlewheeler skims debris from swimming pools→

Simple sensor designed to continuously analyze pool water

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It’s important to maintain proper chlorine levels in a pool, as too much can cause skin and eye irritation, and too little won’t kill bacteria or other microbes. A new device could help, by cheaply and automatically checking a pool’s pH and chlorine co… Continue reading Simple sensor designed to continuously analyze pool water→

Pool packs in more surfers by making waves from the middle

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In most surf parks, surfers ride artificially-generated waves down the length of an oblong pool. Unfortunately, such an arrangement limits the number of people who can rides the waves at once … which is where the 5 Waves system comes in.Continue Readin… Continue reading Pool packs in more surfers by making waves from the middle→

World's first 360-degree infinity pool would top a 55-story tower in London

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Compass Pools says that construction of its Infinity Pool tower could kick off as early as ...

London may soon become host to a swimming facility that is as weather-defying as it is death-defying, with plans underway to build the world’s first 360-degree infinity pool high up in the frosty English capital. Infinity London would put thrill-seeking swimmers 220 m (721 ft) above street level and offer one-of-a-kind panoramic views of the surrounds.

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WiFi Pool Controller Only Cost $20

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Pools have come a long way. It used to be you had a pump and if you were lucky it had a mechanical timer switch on it. That was it. Now you have digital controllers and spa jets and heaters. You can even get them that connect to your home automation system. If your pool isn’t new enough to do that already, you can get a range of add-on accessories. For a price. [Rob] paid $500 to get a remote for his pool. It wasn’t even WiFi, just a simple RF remote. In 3 years, the transmitter had burned out …read more

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Pool Playing Robot Destined for Trouble in River City

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You’d think pool should be an easy game for a robot to play, right? It’s all math — geometry to figure out the angles and basic physics to deal with how much force is needed to move the balls. On top of that, it’s constrained to just two dimensions, so it should be a breeze.

Any pool player will tell you there’s much, much more to the game in real life, but still, a robot to play pool against would be a neat trick. As a move toward that goal, [BVarv] wisely decided on a miniature mockup of a pool-playing …read more

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Enjoy The Last Throes of Summer With a Nice Pool Automation Project

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[Ken Rumer] bought a new house. It came with a troublingly complex pool system. It had solar heating. It had gas heating. Electricity was involved somehow. It had timers and gadgets. Sand could be fed into one end and clean water came out the other. There was even a spa thrown into the mix.

Needless to say, within the first few months of owning their very own chemical plant they ran into some near meltdowns. They managed to heat the pool with 250 dollars of gas in a day. They managed to drain the spa entirely into the pool, but …read more

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