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July 26, 2005
I'm Looking for Something in a Pump, or Maybe a Slingback...
Posted by Nick
PBS recently had an interesting look at the efforts at MIT to generate technological improvement in sports.
PAUL SOLMAN: Blair also wants students to get some real-world science experience by working with businesses. Three years ago, the New Balance Co. approached Blair to see if his students could design a better running shoe for triathletes. One key issue, how to get your running shoe on fast, after the swim and bike phases of the competition.
EDITH HARMON: The athlete can pre-lace the shoe and then to their liking, and then they can also enter the shoe through the rear portion by pulling this tab up and not having to lace it. That's very, very important.
PAUL SOLMAN: MIT Grad Edith Harmon is an engineer at New Balance, who worked with several of Blair's students to develop the "sling back." New Balance got MIT talent; the students got a real-life science project with real-life economic constraints.
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Nick Schulz is the Editor of Tech Central Station and has worked in media circles and the ideas industry as a writer, editor, television producer and policy analyst. His writings have appeared in The Wall Street Journal, The Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post, Slate, The National Post of Canada, The Baltimore Sun, Investor's Business Daily, The Washington Times, National Review, Reason, Policy Review, and several other publications. He is also, it should be said, a rabid sports fan whose fandom is inversely proportional to his overall athletic ability.
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