New Balance and Intel have teamed up to release one of the first new Android Wear watches of the year. The RunIQ fitness watch is a runner’s companion that features built-in support for Strava, as well as New Balance’s own running app.
Category: Swimming
A resident at Rosevale using a virtual reality headset
A CARE home in York has shown its residents get up to much more than bingo and dominoes – by introducing them to Snapchat and virtual reality headsets. The headsets, which take users on rollercoasters and swimming among tropical fish, have proved popular among residents at Rosevale care home in Wigginton .
Not paralyzed enough: N.S. man sues to be recognized as paraplegic after insurance claim denied
Mitchell Murphy sustained a brain injury and spinal fracture when he fell nearly seven metres to the ground from a staircase in the summer of 2011. Mitchell Murphy sustained a brain injury and spinal fracture when he fell nearly seven metres to the ground from a staircase in the summer of 2011.
American Swimming Coaches Association to Launch Knowledge-Sharing…
The American Swimming Coaches Association and Brainsy, Inc. are collaborating to launch the Swimming Coach Expert Calling Network , a knowledge-sharing platform connecting some of the nation’s top swimming coaches to other coaches, parents, athletes, and others seeking their advice or guidance. ASCA Coaches will set up personalized profiles on the Swimming Coach ECN system, which allows information-seekers to find and contact them, exchange knowledge online, or conduct over-the-phone consultations at a rate set by the expert.
Weaverham inventor helps Bosnian boy born with no arms learn how to swim
AN invention from a Weaverham swimming coach has helped a six-year-old boy born with no arms learn how to swim.a Swimming coach-turned inventor Chris Shore saw an inspirational video on the Internet of six-year-old Ismail Zulfic, from Bosnia, learning to swim. Three times a week Ismail’s cash-strapped parents drive him nearly 50 miles from their home in the city of Zenia to swimming lessons in Sarajevo.
Melburnians warned of ‘oppressive’ weather on Saturday night
Melburnians have been officially warned to brace for an “oppressive” Saturday night with the temperature set to hover around 30 degrees. Victorians are being asked to be bushfire-ready as the state faces a very high fire danger day on Saturday wih temperatures expected to soar to 40 degrees in parts of the state.