All Articles Tagged As: swimming

Professor helps design new Speedo swimsuit that's breaking world records (8/24/2007)

Rick Sharp was once a competitive swimmer and still swims daily. And so the professor of exercise physiology in Iowa State University 's Kinesiology Department is getting great satisfaction out of being part of a design team that created Speedo's new Fastskin FS-Pro swimsuit, which is being credited with helping world class swimmers break dozens of national and international records in the six months since its release. ...> Full Article

Team Building Robotic Fin For Submarines (8/1/2007)

Inspired by the efficient swimming motion of the bluegill sunfish, MIT researchers are building a mechanical fin that could one day propel robotic submarines. ...> Full Article