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Body sensors capture a skier's twists and turns

Read more: http://technology.newscient... A new motion capture system uses a network of sensors to detect high speed movement.  
 
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c4rv3r (9 months ago) Show Hide
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I wonder when this gets incorporated into a skiing simulatior for PC:D:D:D
bulloramone (1 year ago) Show Hide
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Amazing!
msg4charles (1 year ago) Show Hide
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Not sure if the guyz testing that r awere of the radio frequency it may interfere with there body (ie check for tests on goole).
I would never have so many elc instruments on me...with a gpd on my head :-/
Good for business (heu... for science) I guess
vdubmerc3 (1 year ago) Show Hide
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Cool stuff. I wonder what would happen to all that equipment if the skier fell down the slope :P
BrodieMAD (1 year ago) Show Hide
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Hi, it is really interesting to hear all your comments. I never guessed there would be so much interest in my research. If you want more inforation see the New Scientist online mag. Or there are several home made videos I have put up.
Thanks,
Matthew Brodie
boundless1986 (1 year ago) Show Hide
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holy crap that was cool
Trystera (1 year ago) Show Hide
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Hopefully this technology translates into better, more realistic animation in computer games soon! Or, better yet, a commercial version for wearing at home, to animate avatars in real time! It would make the Wiimote look like an Atari paddle.
KarpatycGhost (1 year ago) Show Hide
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this could really revolutionize the way we learn martial arts , ever thought of that???
Trystera (1 year ago) Show Hide
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With more feedback, that might work! Record the motions of an expert, hook yourself up, and have the sensors vibrate slightly or something to indicate when your own limbs are within that same range of motion. Otherwise, you might as well watch real live footage of a martial artist and imitate that; a simplified computer model would only give you less information.
PASSISPASSWORD223 (1 year ago) Show Hide
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Animated avatars? So like, people could see me masturbating and eating doritoes as I'm hunched over my dirty keyboard? No thanks.

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