sharks
Gadgets

Big, Remote-Controlled, Flying Shark Balloon Is All You Need In Life

I will die happy once I own this shark ‘Air Swimmer’, a remote-controlled, flying shark balloon. Seriously. I can’t think of anything I want more in life right now. Just watch the video and you’ll see. $US40.

August 5, 2011
Cameras

The $US118,000 Super High Speed Shark Week Camera

Best part of Shark Week? Watching a 1900kg fish jump a metre clear of the water. This $US118,000 high speed camera is what Discovery Channel uses to capture those breathtaking moments in glorious HD.

August 4, 2011
Geek Out

Diver Of Course Gets Bitten After Trying To French Kiss A Shark

Dave Marcel is an experienced deep-sea diver and shark lover. On routine diving tours, he likes to attract the generally docile nurse shark over, and invites people to give them hugs and kisses. Aww. Only this time he went for the lips. And then the obvious happens.

August 1, 2011
Science

Live Every Week Like It’s Shark Week

Shark Week, the brainchild of a stoned Discovery Channel employee that became a national holiday, starts officially tonight at 9PM. But you don’t need no stinkin’ designated week. Live every week like it’s Shark Week with the help of Giz!

July 22, 2011
Gadgets

6 Tools To Fight A Shark And Win (Maybe)

If you find yourself in a Samuel L. Jackson movie and not surrounded by any mutha f***in’ snakes, good news! You’re about to be eaten by a hyper-intelligent shark. These six tools will at least give you a fighting chance.

July 16, 2011
Entertainment

Turn Your Cubicle Into An Undersea World With Discovery Channel’s New Live Stream

As part of the run up to this year’s Shark Week, the Discovery channel’s teamed with the Georgia Aquarium and embedded a live webcam in the world’s largest shark tank.

May 31, 2011
Science

Shark-Repellant Fishing Hook Leaves More Sharks To Eat People

Sharks are not the bloodthirsty sea creatures Jaws made them out to be! In fact, it’s usually an accident when they bite some dim-witted human being splashing around in the water. So we should minimise unintentional harm towards them, too.

April 30, 2011
Cameras

How To Measure A Shark (Safely)

Measuring a shark. You could do it by catching one, and holding up a tape measure from its fin to its head, without harming it or yourself. Or you could use a camera. That’s what Dr Mark Meekan and Gabriel Vianna are doing in the shark sanctuary at Palau: Using two cameras mounted in a rig, a diode used to sync video frames, and the geometry between them to measure the sharks from afar.

February 26, 2011
Geek Out

Reporter Takes Box Cutter To The Wrist In The Name Of Shark Suit Testing

A material that keeps you safe from a Great White chomp is cool enough. But what you’re really going to want to watch for here is the willingness of KFMB reporter Jeff Zevely to take a box cutter across his thinly protected veins. [KFMB]

December 22, 2010
Entertainment

A Trip To The Aquarium In 3D

If two intense hours of Tron in 3D seems like a bit much, maybe spending a few minutes with some three-dee fishies is more your speed. This clip, shot at the Georgia Aquarium, is the perfect bite-sized 3D treat.

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