As we see athletes break new records in this year's Beijing Winter Olympics, technology has been at the centre of enabling athletic performance to improve. In this episode, we have three Finnish Sports Technology experts from CEMIS (Centre for Measurement and Information Systems) to share their innovations in winter sports training and their insights on creating a modern winter sports ecosystem.
Our guests in this episode are: Marko Jäntti, the Director of CEMIS; Anni Hakkarainen, Project Manager of Sports Technology at the University of Jyväskylä; and Kyösti Koskela, Development Team Manager for Clever Simulation at the Kajaani University of Applied Sciences.
Sections in this episode:
00:04 Introduction
03:30 The charm of winter sports and Finland’s achievements in it
08:20 How has the winter sports industry evolved technologically?
15:34 Factors that promoted winter sports in Finland
18:45 How does science and technology support winter sports?
24:26 Innovations at the Vuokatti Sports Technology Unit at the University of Jyväskylä
28:33 What can other winter sports cities and sites learn from Vuokatti?
33:26 What is a VR skiing simulation and how was it innovated?
42:43 Simulated vs. real-world training
43:53 How can one stay safe while skiing?
47:32 Outro
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