Interesting Article in the WA Post about the suits

www.washingtonpost.com/.../AR2009082503048.html Some quotes from our own members here :)
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  • One of my teammates from a few years back had goggles somewhat like this. They had a stopwatch kind of gizmo in them, and somehow by the way they were designed, your eyes somehow projected the display out and you could read it while you swam, allowing you to know exactly how fast/slow you were going. He said he got these goggles at least 10-20 years ago, and that they were illegal to use in meets, but he used them in practice all the time. Has anyone else ever heard of these gizmos? My friend let me try them once, and it was kind of interesting to see the time as you swim along...beats trying to sneak a glance at the pace clock and do math in your head. They've got to be available somewhere. Sorry for straying of topic, but are one-way communication devices allowed, such as an earpiece?
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  • One of my teammates from a few years back had goggles somewhat like this. They had a stopwatch kind of gizmo in them, and somehow by the way they were designed, your eyes somehow projected the display out and you could read it while you swam, allowing you to know exactly how fast/slow you were going. He said he got these goggles at least 10-20 years ago, and that they were illegal to use in meets, but he used them in practice all the time. Has anyone else ever heard of these gizmos? My friend let me try them once, and it was kind of interesting to see the time as you swim along...beats trying to sneak a glance at the pace clock and do math in your head. They've got to be available somewhere. Sorry for straying of topic, but are one-way communication devices allowed, such as an earpiece?
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