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Are 'Super Shoes' considered 'technical doping'?
2023-10  Terms like ‘super shoes’ or ‘trampoline spikes’ have previously been used in media articles to describe the advancements in sportstech materials used in footwear. A range of advanced materials ...
How to optimize Materials for Sports Equipment and Apparel?
2023-08  When it comes to surfaces and equipment, protective articles, footwear and apparel, a variety of different materials have been used in sport. The sports technology stack of advanced materials ...
Shock Absorbing Materials in Sport
2023-06  Force reduction measures the ability of a material to absorb an impact force. Typically, the value is expressed as a percentage reduction in the force relative to the maximum ...
Use of Technology and Analytics in Player Workload
2022-11  Since the lead-up to the 2022 World Cup in Qatar has been thrust into the spotlight, the tournament has been surrounded by more than its fair share of controversy ...
Is the future of Fitness destined for the Metaverse?
2022-08 The term ‘Metaverse’ was quickly thrust into the Spotlight back in October 2021 when Facebook’s parent company announced that it would be changing its name to Meta. Since then, ...
Why Big Data empowers the Single View of the Fan
2022-04 Fuelled by large volumes of data created at increasing rates and derived from a variety of sources, Big Data enables a single view of the fan to foster quality ...
What is the role of sportstech in player safety in American Football?
2022-02  With the Super Bowl being one of the biggest annual sporting events costing a hefty US$7 million for a 30-second commercial spot these days, the spectacle is garnering the ...
Only open platforms are the future of connected fitness
2022-01 The question, what role technology plays when it comes to the future of the fitness industry, has been subject of many studies and opinions. The pandemic has accelerated the ...
Sportstech Ecosystems - Panel Discussion
2021-06  The University of the Armed Forces in Germany invited Martin Schlegel to discuss entrepreneurship in Sport.  In his role as a Director and Board Member of the Australian Sports ...
Blockchain in Sport means more than Cryptocurrency
2021-03  Application of Blockchain technology in sport means much more than the use of cryptocurrency.  When the Sacramento Kings launched a blockchain-based auction platform in early 2020 “they relied on ...
Divergence of Media and Data Rights
2021-02  Sports media rights are marketed globally by selling licenses to various channels that broadcast events regionally.  Besides the conventional broadcast footage, sports performance data derived from the athletes' wearable ...
Sport as a Validation Platform for Technology
2021-01  “Sports technology can be viewed as a great validation platform for applications outside of sport and for knowledge diffusion into other sectors” 1.  Technologies in athlete monitoring and assessment ...