Blind Cap, cap tech for the visually impaired swimmers – La Prensa de Honduras

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For many years, blind swimmers have depended on their coaches, who with the help of long sticks showed them the time to change direction in the pool .

Now comes Samsung with the idea that technology can come to the aid of these athletes and the result has been the Blind Cap (which can be translated as “blind cap”), a swim cap tech.

the accessory has sensors that produce a vibration when the swimmer approaches the end of the pool, indicating the time when must turn around before hitting the edge.

circuits, hermetically embedded communicate via Bluetooth with devices like the Samsung Galaxy S7 and Gear 2 smart watch.

in addition to warning about the proximity of the edge of the pool, the cap also collects data on swimmer’s performance, such as swimming speed or time on each lap.