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We’ve tested 50 different waterproof headset designs over the 22-year history of New Atlas, and a clear favorite emerged in 2021 when Zygo launched its initial headphones focussed on the audio needs of swimmers. This week a 2nd-generation Zygo was anno… Continue reading The world’s only streaming headset for swimming just got better
A new underwater robot can swim through the water with fins, and walk or crawl along the bottom when necessary. These capabilities could really give it a leg up – pun fully intended – at outperforming its traditional thruster-powered counterparts.Conti… Continue reading Video: Multi-talented underwater robot uses fins to swim, walk and crawl
Yet another Neom project has been revealed as part of Saudi Arabia’s incredibly ambitious plan to turn its desert landscape into a tourist paradise. Named Treyam, the strange futuristic design consists of a resort that bridges a lagoon with a massive 4… Continue reading Video: Spectacular Saudi resort bridges lagoon with massive infinity pool
The journey from having a neat idea to actually realizing it can be long and arduous, as shown by the + Pool. Some 13 years after we first saw it, the plan to creating a floating and self-filtering swimming pool that helps New Yorkers cool off is final… Continue reading Plus-shaped pool will offer New Yorkers a cleaner swim in the river
Just like dry-land athletes, swimmers can benefit from monitoring their performance and vital signs while training. The iSwimWeaR device is designed to let them do so – plus it may even help keep them from drowning.Continue ReadingCategory: Sports, Lif… Continue reading iSwimWeaR tracks swimmers’ performance, and watches for trouble
Just because you’re a strong and experienced open-water swimmer doesn’t mean you’ll never get into situations where there’s a real risk of drowning. That’s where the SwimVest comes in, as it’s a low-profile wearable airbag system designed specifically … Continue reading Streamlined SwimVest pops out airbags to keep struggling swimmers afloat
When baby sea turtles hatch from their buried eggs, they use their powerful flippers to make their way up through the sand. A new “sand-swimming” robot, inspired by those hatchlings, could one day save lives or even explore other planets.Continue Readi… Continue reading Sand-swimming robot inspired by freshly hatched baby sea turtles
While most of us may just think of krill as baleen whale food, the tiny crustaceans are also very adept swimmers … enough so that scientists have now developed a krill-inspired robotic platform in hopes of one day creating swarms of ocean-exploring swi… Continue reading Scientists copy krill to develop swarms of aquatic robots
Underwater scooters are nothing new, although most of them are devices which users must hold in front of themselves. The Seakool D2 is different in that it’s worn around the waist, keeping the user’s hands free and their view unobstructed.Continue Read… Continue reading Seakool D2 gives swimmers and divers a hands-free electric boost
When designing fish-like underwater robots, you want a means of propulsion which is both energy-efficient and reasonably speedy. A new tail-flapping system may fit the bill, paving the way for wider usage of such bots.Continue ReadingCategory: Robotics… Continue reading Groundbreaking robotic fish has a twisted method of propulsion