Body sensors capture a skier's twists and turns

Read more: http://technology.newscientist.com/article/dn14347?DCMP=youtube

A new motion capture system uses a network of sensors to detect high speed movement.

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• skiing
• skier
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[PASSISPASSWORD223]

Animated avatars? So like, people could see me masturbating and eating doritoes as I'm hunched over my dirty keyboard? No thanks.

[TECHKLEC]

This channel is always interesting.

[thomas91311]

it looks like the skier has C4 strapped to his chest

[c4rv3r]

I wonder when this gets incorporated into a skiing simulatior for PC:D:D:D

[bulloramone]

Amazing!

[msg4charles]

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]

Cool stuff. I wonder what would happen to all that equipment if the skier fell down the slope :P

[Trystera]

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.

[BrodieMAD]

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]

holy crap that was cool

[KarpatycGhost]

this could really revolutionize the way we learn martial arts , ever thought of that???