Smart transponder
noun - A Smart Transponder or Smart Timing Chip is an expected enhanced light, waterproof timing devices with GPS capabilities that are worn by open water swimmers at competitive open water swims and triathlons. The device is of neutral velocity and can track biometrics such as heart rate as well as track split times, positions and placing of the athletes in the water.
Traditional Transponders
At major international competitions to date, traditional transponders are used in conjunction with the Open Water Gate developed by Omega Timing to track split times, positions and placing of the athletes in the water.
Usage
The swimmers at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games are expected to use Smart Transponders.
Synonyms
timing chip, racing chip, RadBand, traditional transponder, Smart Timing Chip
Origin
First coined by Steven Munatones in 2014.
External links
- FINA Rule Change Ushers In A New Era In The Swimming World
- Omega Innovation, The Open Water Gate
- How Do You Measure Open Water Swims?
- Tools Of The Trade, Transponders
- World Open Water Swimming Association
- Open Water Swimming
- Marathon Swimming
- What To Look For At The Olympic 10K Marathon Swim
- World Open Water Swimming Association
- Ten Big Ideas For Open Water Swimming
- Tightly Taping Transponders
- Reflection Upon Open Water Swimming
- Chip Carrigan Protects Athletes' Interests At All Times
- Why Open Water Swimmers Get Slimy, Slick And Slithery
- Bar Coding In Japan
- The Most Useful Swimming Inventions Of All Time
- You Are An Old-time Swimmer If...
- The ABCs of Open Water Swimming
- It Is The Little Details In Open Water Swimming
- The Eyes Of The Judges Overrule Transponders
- Collins On The Kattack
- Centimeter-scale GPS To Start In Japan
- Some Of What Lifeguards Do At An Open Water Swim
- Transponders Worn On Wrists And/or Ankles
- High-Tech Tokyo Hosts Inventive, Innovative Olympics
- Technology In Tokyo, Inventions And Innovations
