SwiMP3: Tunes for lap-grinders
Saw this on the morning news: it's an MP3 player meant designed specifically for use while swimming. The SwiMP3 uses bone conduction to transmit sound while you're knifing through the water. Supposedly your skull bones will vibrate the fluid of your inner ear and, in the process, transmit a quality audio signal. This is so totally Buck Rogers, but I guess I can buy that it's the likeliest way to get audio through when you're mostly underwater. It looks a little bit balky to me -- especially the base unit -- but the one reviewer listed didn't have a thing to say about the form factor getting in the way.
I swim a lot of laps in the winter, so I have to admit I'm pretty psyched about this product -- it's something I'd really like to try before I buy, though. Frankly, swimming laps is pretty dull work. Breaking up the routine with some motivating music would really help get me out of bed when it's so damn dark and cold outside.