Beyond the Finish Line
Title | Beyond the Finish Line PDF eBook |
Author | Jonathan Finn |
Publisher | McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP |
Pages | 208 |
Release | 2020-09-23 |
Genre | Sports & Recreation |
ISBN | 0228004527 |
In the 1880s photographers and sports enthusiasts confidently declared the end of dead heats in sporting competition. Reflecting a broader social belief in technology, proponents of the camera stressed that the device could provide definitive proof of who won and who lost. Yet despite this remedy for the inadequate human eye, competitive races between horses, boats, and bicycles ended too close to call a sole champion. More than a century later, when cameras can subdivide the second into ten-thousandths and beyond, athletes continue to cross the finish line in ties. In this fascinating journey through the history of the photo-finish in sports, Jonathan Finn shows how innovation was animated by a drive for ever more precise tools and a quest for perfect measurement. As he traces the technological developments inspired by this crusade - from the evolution of the still camera to movie cameras, ultimately leading to complex contemporary photo-finish systems - Finn uncovers the social implications of adopting and contesting the photograph as evidence in sport. At every turn empirical obsession intersects with the unpredictability of sports, creating a paradox wherein the precision offered by photo-finish technology far exceeds the realities of human performance and its measurement. Separating athletes by the hundredth, thousandth, or ten-thousandth of a second is often a fiction that comes with significant material and cultural implications. A lively biography of a critical technology, Beyond the Finish Line illuminates the cultural role of the photo-finish in win-at-all-costs culture and warn that in our pursuit for precision we may threaten the human element of sport that galvanizes mere spectators into fans.
Routledge Handbook of Sports Technology and Engineering
Title | Routledge Handbook of Sports Technology and Engineering PDF eBook |
Author | Franz Konstantin Fuss |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 463 |
Release | 2013-11-07 |
Genre | Sports & Recreation |
ISBN | 1136966595 |
From carbon fibre racing bikes to ‘sharkskin’ swimsuits, the application of cutting-edge design, technology and engineering has proved to be a vital ingredient in enhanced sports performance. This is the first book to offer a comprehensive survey of contemporary sports technology and engineering, providing a complete overview of academic, professional and industrial knowledge and technique. The book is divided into eight sections covering the following topics : Sustainable Sports Engineering Instrumentation Technology Summer Mobility Sports Winter Mobility Sports Apparel and Protection Equipment Sports Implements (racquets, clubs, bats, sticks) Sports Balls Sports Surfaces and Facilities Written by an international team of leading experts from industry, academia and commercial research institutes, the emphasis throughout the book is on innovation, the relationship between business and science, and the improvement of sports performance. This is an essential reference for anybody working in sports technology, sports product design, sports engineering, biomechanics, ergonomics, sports business or applied sport science.
Sports Technology
Title | Sports Technology PDF eBook |
Author | Daniel Memmert |
Publisher | Springer Nature |
Pages | 272 |
Release | |
Genre | |
ISBN | 3662687038 |
Sports Technology and Innovation
Title | Sports Technology and Innovation PDF eBook |
Author | Vanessa Ratten |
Publisher | Springer |
Pages | 154 |
Release | 2019-05-08 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 3319750461 |
The aim of this book is to focus on the role of sports technology and the way that the innovation process is managed. This will help understand how technology is developed and integrated into the sports context. This is important particularly due to rapid technological advancements developed in sport being applied to other industries. The book will focus on the different types of sports technology from increment to radical innovations, including looking at product, process, and service innovations. It will be one of the first books to specifically focus on sports technology and innovation. It will be useful to innovation management researchers, enthusiasts and sports practitioners interested in how to compete based on technological advancements.
Sport Technology
Title | Sport Technology PDF eBook |
Author | Stewart Ross |
Publisher | Evans Brothers |
Pages | 50 |
Release | 2010-05 |
Genre | Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | 0237540770 |
Looks at the latest developments in sports technology, examining the debates around new technology, and what kinds of sports technology are likely to be developed in the future. Suggested level: intermediate, junior secondary.
Sports, Society, and Technology
Title | Sports, Society, and Technology PDF eBook |
Author | Jennifer J. Sterling |
Publisher | Springer Nature |
Pages | 282 |
Release | 2019-11-12 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 9813291273 |
Sports, Society, and Technology: Bodies, Practices, and Knowledge Production addresses the complex entanglements of science, technology, and sporting cultures. The collection explores themes around human and non-human actants, knowledge formations and processes, and the materiality and multiplicity of bodies through an engagement with the interdisciplinary fields of Sport Studies and Science and Technology Studies. Representing a range of methodological, theoretical, and disciplinary approaches, contributors interrogate the social, cultural, political, and historical intersections of an ever-expanding techno-scientific sporting landscape – from true bounce and brain trauma to exercise physiology, metrics, and esports, and from feminist technoscience, whey protein, and epigenetics to sickle cell screening and testosterone regulation.
Sports Technology
Title | Sports Technology PDF eBook |
Author | Ron Fridell |
Publisher | Lerner Books [UK] |
Pages | 52 |
Release | 2009-01-01 |
Genre | Sporting goods |
ISBN | 0761342990 |
"Learn how science helps athletes stay safer, perform better, and have more fun"--P. [4] of cover.