RadBand

noun - RadBand is a wearable cesium collector developed by Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. A prototype RadBand will be used by transoceanic swimmer Ben Lecomte during his The Longest Swim while he is swimming across the Pacific Ocean for 6 months from December 2015 to summer 2016.

The Longest Swim

The RadBand will filter the water through to a piece of resin that absorbs the cesium. Lecomte's scientific team onboard his escort boat [Rolano]] will collect samples, stock them in a freezer, and hand them to Woods Hole researchers after his estimated 6-month journey is completed for analysis. His team will also be doing daily water samples with a bucket and filter it through a pump in order to measure the cesium, so we can compare the results with the RadBand.

Synonym

RadBand radioactive cesium collector

External links

• The Longest Swim's RadBand
• The Longest Swim
• It Is Not A Transponder, It Is A RadBand
• Radioactivity
• Is There A Doctor On Board?
• World Open Water Swimming Association
• The Longest Swim, A Scientific Expedition
• Where Are They Now? Ben Lecomte
• The Longest Swim Is Getting Closer
• AltaSea, Where Ocean Innovators Work Together
• Ben Lecomte Going With The Flow Across The Pacific
• AltaSea, Where Ocean Innovators Work Together
• The Longest Preparation For The Longest Swim
• Heading To The Longest Swim
• The Science Behind The Longest Swim
• XPRIZE Ocean Initiative's Big Ocean Button Challenge
• Scientific Research During The Longest Swim
• The Rules Governing The Longest Swim By Ben Lecomte