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Ski Faster with Camera-less Fusion Motion Capture
Jul 01, 2008 |
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Professional skiers can now learn how to ski faster with the aid of a new system used to capture 3D motion of athletic movements – Fusion Motion Capture (FMC). Featured in Wiley-Blackwell’s journal, Sports Technology, this i ...
Ski tourism stresses European capercaillie
Mar 12, 2008 |
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Swiss, German and Austrian scientists said ski tourism might be harming capercaillie -- an old world grouse -- by affecting their ability to breed.
Real-Time Feedback System for Alpine Skiers Help Improve Performance
Sep 18, 2009 |
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Researchers have developed an effective real-time performance management and feedback system for alpine ski racers that allow skiers to better understand their carved turning skills and improve their performance.
Skiers look at their back yard, not slopes
Dec 11, 2007 |
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A study suggested that U.S. skiers are less likely to head to the slopes if their backyards are snow-free, despite how much snow is reported at ski areas.
Ski tourism stressing capercaillie
Mar 03, 2008 |
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Ski tourism is raising stress levels among capercaillie, which could harm the birds’ fitness and ability to breed successfully, ecologists have found. Writing in the British Ecological Society’s Journal of Applied Ecology, resear ...
Ski Robot Could Decipher the Art of Skiing
Jul 20, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Watching an Olympic skier perform a downhill slalom, turning smoothly around the flags, makes the sport seem just as much an art as a science. Although advanced skiers know how to turn effectively, ...
High-resolution images from the driver’s seat
Feb 01, 2007 |
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A novel miniature camera allows viewers to enjoy a new live experi-ence and watch a ski jump or a car race in high resolution from the actor’s perspective. The camera is so tiny that it even fits inside the ...
Briefs: Pegasus Wireless buys SKI Taiwan plant
Jan 20, 2006 |
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Pegasus Wireless has acquired Taiwan's SKI Technologies, giving the California solutions producer a manufacturing and distribution outlet in Asia.
Warming climate signals big changes for ski areas, says University of Colorado study
Dec 15, 2008 |
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Rocky Mountain ski areas face dramatic changes this century as the climate warms, including best-case scenarios of shortened ski seasons and higher snowlines and worst-case scenarios of bare base areas and ...
Sold-out products influence consumer choice
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Sep 29, 2009 |
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An empty store shelf tempts shoppers to buy the next best thing, according to a new study from the University of Alberta.
Doctors: Defibrillators needed at resorts
Dec 15, 2006 |
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As more people hit the ski slopes defibrillators should be at ski resorts for cardiac emergencies, doctors said in the British Medical Journal.
City dwellers look to backyards when deciding to head to slopes
Dec 05, 2007 |
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City dwellers are less likely to head to the slopes when their backyards are bare, even if New England ski resorts have many feet of packed power and ideal skiing conditions, according to new research from the University ...
New robot skier takes to the slopes (w/ Video)
Oct 23, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A new robot skier has been invented that can be fitted with off-the-shelf skis. This is not the first skiing robot, since Japanese scientists have produced their own (see PhysOrg.com article here), but is bigger and heavie ...
El Nino Could Play A Role In Colorado's Winter Weather, Scientist Says
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Nov 17, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- El Nino, a warming event of the tropical Pacific Ocean that affects weather patterns in the United States and elsewhere, has strengthened in recent months and already appears to have influenced Colorado's ...
Facebook helps find missing Nepalese skier in Paris
May 11, 2009 |
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A teenage skier from the Nepalese national team who went missing while training in the Alps has been found wandering the streets of Paris thanks to a Facebook campaign, his team said Monday.
