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January 30, 2006
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If you ever wanted a golf bag with solar panels to charge your cell phone... well, now you can have one.
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January 28, 2006
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Adidas is introducing a new soccer shoe with interchangable parts.
Today adidas introduced a new soccer footwear concept, which will be known as the +F50 TUNIT. This new soccer boot concept allows players to customize, adapt and tune their boots to any weather, any pitch and their very own personal style.
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You can listen to a podcast called 'IBM and the future of sports' here. The program "discusses how technology is bringing big changes to the way fans experiences sports - at home, at sporting events, playing video games and on the Web. This is giving rise to a new generation of sports fans."
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January 23, 2006
Posted by Nick
Hockey stick check:
Hart has tried composite sticks in the past and has actually used a few teammates' composites this season because he's had trouble getting his usual wooden Montreals. Most of his teammates have two-piece sticks, with wooden blades provided by the team.
"I don't really like them," Hart said of composites. "I feel like I'm going to break them."
The stiffness and extra weight of wooden sticks that makes them so attractive to Hart have another benefit: Feel. Since the sticks are a little heavier and solid, it is easier to feel the puck on your stick then with lighter, hollow composite sticks.
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Technoloy is transforming sports stadia (not a moment too soon in my view).
A huge network of sensors monitors everything from fire alarms and parking spaces to security systems and even the temperature of the turf's roots in the heated soccer field.
Sensors are also placed in the inflatable cushions made of transparent plastic that wrap the stadium. The cushions are illuminated in red, blue or white, depending on the teams playing. The pressure of the air in them can be adapted to deal with weather conditions such as heavy rain or snow.
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January 11, 2006
Posted by Nick
Golf is not rocket science. Oh wait, maybe it IS rocket science.
Many people have watched a golf ball leave Tiger Woods's driver and have thought it looked like a small but precise missile. But now there is a more reliable link between golf and military hardware in the shape of Dr Steve Otto, the R&A's very own rocket scientist.
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January 10, 2006
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In football, there's an expression: "put a Riddell on him." It means put a hit on someone, with Riddell being a big manufacturer of helmets.
A new study suggests there might be another reaosn to put a Riddell on someone. Fewer concussions.
A three-year study involving more than 2,000 players at 17 Western Pennsylvania high schools determined that newer helmet technology and design might reduce the number of concussions among football players.
The study, conducted by UPMC's Sports Medicine Concussion Program and published next month in the scientific journal, Neurosurgery, showed that annual concussion rates in players who wore the Riddell Revolution helmet was 5.4 percent, and those wearing standard models designed earlier by Riddell and others was 7.6 percent.
In terms of relative risk, those who wore the Revolution were 31 percent less likely to get a concussion than those who wore standard helmets.
...continue reading.
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