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The scene was unforgettable: Jimmy Spithill, skipper of Oracle Team USA, at the helm of USA 17 as the mighty foiling catamaran thundered toward San Francisco’s Pier 29. She was doing almost 40 knots with water vaporizing off her carbon-fiber hydrofoils as she crossed the finish line ahead of Emirates Team New Zealand to win [...] The post Wearable Technology: Fashionable Information appeared first...

In conjunction with ICAST 2016, Garmin is pleased to announce Quickdraw Community, a free online user-generated platform where users can share and browse HD mapping content, and download the data free of charge to enhance and supplement existing Garmin mapping options. The Quickdraw Community builds on the success of the company’s Quickdraw Contours software feature – [...] The post Announcement: Quickdraw Community appeared first on...

Garmin is pleased to announce the gWind Wireless 2 Transducer, a new easy-to-install wind solution for masts up to 50 feet that wirelessly sends essential wind data to GNX Wind instruments or a compatible Garmin GPSMAP chartplotter, eliminating the need to run wires through the mast. The gWind Wireless 2 features renowned Nexus twin-fin technology [...] The post Announcement: gWind Wireless 2 Transducer appeared...