SPORTS INNOVATION, TECHNOLOGY AND RESEARCH

by Dominic F L Southgate (Editor), Anthony M J Bull (Editor), Peter R N Childs (Editor)

Overview

Sports Innovation, Technology and Research gives an insight into recent research and design projects at Imperial College London. It presents the on-going development of a diverse range of areas from elite rowing performance to impact protection to sporting amenities in communities.Also included are descriptions of some of the latest innovations that have been developed as part of the Rio Tinto Sports Innovation Challenge, an initiative that tasked engineering students to design, build and implement Paralympic and other sporting equipment. It offers a glimpse at the breadth of creativity that can be achieved when human centred design is applied to an area such as disabled sport. It also shows the potential that design and engineering have to contribute to healthy lifestyles and the generation of whole new sporting domains.This book will be valuable for anyone with an interest in sports technology, including those in industry, academia, sports organisations and athletes themselves.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781786340436
Publisher:	World Scientific Publishing Europe Ltd
Publication date:	07/29/2016
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	208
File size:	13 MB
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Table of Contents

About the Editors vii

Introduction ix

Preface: Innovation in Rio Tinto Chris Goodes xi

Part A Innovation and Sports Research 1

Chapter 1 Motion Analysis in Sport Dr. Dominic F L Southgate Dr. Joe A I Prinold Dr. Robert A Weinert-Aplin 5

Chapter 2 Sports Innovation in the Journey Towards Rowing Gold: Enhancement of Performance and Well Being Prof. Alison H McGregor 31

Chapter 3 Interaction between Equipment and Athlete Performance in Racket Sports: A Cricketing Story Dr. Theofano Eftaxiopoulou Victor Chaillot Prof. Anthony M J Bull 43

Chapter 4 Investigating and Preventing Ankle Sprain Dr. Daniel Tik-Pui Fong 63

Chapter 5 Active Armour For the Sporting Goods Market Dr. Daniel Plant 75

Chapter 6 Architectural Urbanism and Sporting Ecologies: Constituting the Scale of Neighbourhood Tarsha Finney 97

Part B RTSIC Projects 2012-2013 113

Chapter 7 Sports Innovation: New Models and Future Potential Dr. Ashley Hall 115

Chapter 8 IDE/UTS GoGlobal Projects Dr. Dominic F L Southgate 127

Chapter 9 Bioengineering Engineering Design Course Projects Dr. Dominic F L South-gate 145

Chapter 10 Bioengineering and Mechanical Engineering Undergraduate Projects Dr. Dominic F L Southgate 155

Chapter 11 UROP and IDE Development Projects Dr. Dominic F L Southgate 167

Index of Poems 173

Index of Contributors 175

Index of Subjects 179