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Nemesis Fins are designed to let you swim like a whale ... sort of

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Speedo's Nemesis Fins inspired by the humpback whale

If you've ever seen a humpback whale's fins, you might have noticed that they have knobby bits along the front edge. These are known as tubercles, and they cause the water to flow over the fins in such a way that extra lift is created. Now, they've been copied in a set of swim fins for humans.

A free-surface simulation of the forces experienced when diving helped in the design of Speedo's Fastskin3 racing system (Image: ANSYS/Speedo)

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Redesigned Speedo racing swimsuit ready for 2012 London Olympics

Virtual prototyping using ANSYS engineering simulation software is the key to Speedo's new Fastskin3 Racing System for swimmers.

The Speedo Aquacoach is a swimmer's watch that automatically keeps track of data such as laps swum, number of strokes, speed, distance, and calories burned

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Speedo Aquacoach watch counts your laps for you

The Speedo Aquacoach is a swimmer's watch that automatically keeps track of data such as laps swum, number of strokes, speed, distance, and calories burned.

The Speedo Aquabeat comes in lime green, hot pink, black and gray

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Speedo Aquabeat waterproof MP3 player

Speedo Aquabeat waterproof mp3 player.

We've come a long way ... from shocking in the early 1900s (left) to blase in 2010, swimsuits, and our attitudes to them, have certainly changed (Images: Australian National Maritime Museum Collection)

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'Exposed! The story of swimwear' exhibition traversing Down Under

"Exposed! The story of swimwear" exhibition is traveling throughout Australia covering a lot more years than skin.

Ryan Lochte (USA) swims in the new Speedo LZR RACER

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SPEEDO LZR RACER - the world's fastest swimsuit

Following three years of research that included input from NASA, tests on more than 100 different fabrics and suit designs, and body scans of more than 400 elite swimmers, Speedo has launched its fastest swimsuit to date.