Last year, Robosea successfully crowdfunded its fish-like BIKI underwater drone. Now, it's testing the waters again (no pun intended) with the SeaFlyer underwater scooter. Whereas BIKI was designed for remotely exploring the depths, the SeaFlyer is for people who actually want to get wet.
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So-called "underwater scooters" have become a big thing on crowdfunding platforms, with recent examples including the Trident, WhiteShark MIX and AquaJet H2. One of the latest, the LeFeet S1, features a clever modular design.
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This Wednesday, a group of seven swimmers located about 70 m (230 ft) from the beach at Spain's port of Sagunto found themselves caught in an undertow. After they signalled one of the lifeguards, an onsite Auxdron Lifeguard Drone was flown out to perform a rescue.
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A couple of months ago, Geneinno successfully Kickstarted its Titan underwater drone, which users control from above the surface. Now, the company is about to crowdfund a little something for those of us who actually want to explore the underwater world in person – the Trident underwater scooter.
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Archie O'Brien had a dream of zipping below the waters off Iceland. He looked at contraptions that would pull him along underwater, but everything available proved beyond his reach. So he designed and built the Cuda underwater jetpack, which will be going into production early next year.
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Although chlorine-free public natural swimming pools have become popular in Europe, so far there has only been one in North America – the Webber Park pool in Minneapolis. That's about to change, however, when the Borden Natural Swimming Pool opens in Edmonton, Alberta later this week.
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If you have a small child and a swimming pool, then it's at least a little likely that you may sometimes worry about said child falling into said pool. Well, it was with that concern in mind that British electrical engineer John Barstead created the Dolphin Alarm.
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Wildhorn Outfitters has unveiled the Seaview 180 SV2 snorkel mask, sporting a wide field of vision, an action camera mount and two separate breathing chambers to reduce fogging and let you breathe easier.
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If you're a serious swimmer, then it's possible that you use a swim-tracking watch. The folks at Florida-based startup Phlex, however, felt that wristwatches weren't hydrodynamic or accurate enough. That's why they designed the goggle-mounted Edge.
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Freedivers – those people who dive to great depths without an air supply – typically have to use masks instead of less bulky, more hydrodynamic goggles. A group of Italian entrepreneurs have set out to change that, however, by designing goggles that take on water as they go deeper.
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