Gurus,
>
> I need your help...
>
> I am an amateur triathlete and I'm getting ready for the start of the
> triathlon season and I had this problem last year that I'm trying to
> solve.
>
> The problem is that during an open-water triathlon swim I need to skip
> a stroke every so often to lift my head out of the water and site the
> next turn buoy. I usually find myself off course by a few yards and
> need to make corrections. This costs me time from being off course
> and from skipping a stroke. So, I had this idea to take apart an old
> digital camera or picture phone and mount the camera part to the back
> of my head and attach the LCD part in front of my goggles.
>
> Sound crazy? I did a Google search and found that someone has
> patented the same idea...
>
Use a waterproof GPS with earphone. My GPS is much too old to guess about how to get the voice to direct you around way points. Or maybe the display could be separated. Brings up the question of how/where are you going to put the display where it can be seen/focused on while swimming. Get bonus points for making the antenna look like a shark fin.
Crazy ideas........easy, making them work...........priceless.