New Sports Movement Analysis Software

Sports coaches will be particularly interested in the potential of in-depth study of opponents. “You could analyze the tactics of your team and, even more interestingly, the opposing team and maybe try to watch them play in various games and try to understand what their strategy is, what their play book is and that sort of things, and that’s things that I think coaches for all team sports will be interested in,” said professor Pascal Fua of Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL).

The Science of Motion

Branch of physics and a subdivision of classical mechanics concerned with the geometrically possible motion of a body or system of bodies without consideration of the forces involved (i.e., causes and effects of the motions). Kinematics aims to provide a description of the spatial position of bodies or systems of material particles, the rate at which the particles are moving (velocity) and the rate at which their velocity is changing (acceleration) … in unconstrained or free motion, the forces determine the shape of the path. Branch of classical mechanics that concerns the effect of forces and torques on the motion of bodies having mass. Authors using the term kinetics apply the nearly
synonymous name dynamics to the classical mechanics of moving bodies. The art of making inanimate objects appear to move. Animation is an artistic impulse that long predates the movies.
History’s first recorded animator is Pygmalion of Greek and Roman mythology, a sculptor who created a figure of a woman so perfect that he fell in love with her and begged Venus to bring her to life. Some of the same sense of magic, mystery and transgression still adheres to contemporary film animation, which has made it a primary vehicle for exploring the overwhelming, often bewildering emotions of childhood – feelings once dealt with by folktales.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2fy7zMVkTfU&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDnCR1eOOPw&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AqqWIFnFLeg&feature=related

Learn Anatomy From a Kinect-Powered Mirror

For a long time we have been fans of those people who have taken Microsoft’s Kinect a long way from its gaming roots and hacked it to perform all sorts of tasks. Now the motion-sensing technology is being used to teach anatomy.

A team at the Technical University of Munich in Germany has brought together a Kinect and a mirror to estimate the position of a person in front of an augmented-reality mirror in order to create the illusion that the user can see inside her own body.

http://news.cnet.com/8301-27083_3-57369075-247/use-kinect-to-teach-anatomy-its-a-mirracle/

The person standing in front of the Mirracle system can interact with the screen, using touch-screen gestures without having to actually touch anything.

Four years after the publication of the best-selling book, “Yoga Anatomy,” authors Leslie Kaminoff and Amy Matthews, have released, “Yoga Anatomy, Second Edition.”

http://www.amazon.com/Yoga-Anatomy-ebook/dp/B00194CY5U

Their updated edition of “Yoga Anatomy” combines detailed anatomical illustrations with yoga poses and exercises to bring the relationship between yoga and anatomy to life.

Excelade Video Analysis App Helps You Master All Sports, USA Olympic Skeleton Coach Loves It:

Sports video analysis app developer UberSense recently launched a new product into its family — Excelade for iPad and iPhone, which provides video analysis for any sport, dance form, musical instruments or other types of activities where technique analysis could be beneficial.

http://www.launch.is/blog/excelade-video-analysis-app-helps-you-master-all-sports-usa.html

With Excelade, athletes and dancers can easily analyze their performance and compare it against their own progress, progress of friends or against instructional videos.

Complex biomechanical research is being done to improve the effectiveness of the drills performed, prevent injuries and improve the movement of athletes and non-athletes alike.

David Keeley is an assistant professor of biomechanics - or the mechanics of motion in the human body - for the human performance dance and recreation department at NMSU. Keeley has been conducting research regarding the biomechanics of movement in athletes since 2006.

http://www.lcsun-news.com/las_cruces-news/ci_19423702

Keeley is currently working on an assessment tool in order to identify individuals who have a high probability of getting injured. Once these individuals are isolated and factors contributing to their risk of injury are detected, coaches and trainers can work on strengthening these weak points to decrease their risk of injury and hopefully help them avoid injury altogether.

Edgar Degas was one of the founders of Impressionism although he rejected the term and preferred to be called a realist. His nudes offer the fullest expression of the fascination with human form. Degas’s nudes demonstrate his meticulous study of anatomy and movement, and his attention to the grace and elegance of the body.

Google Body relaunches as Zygote Body app—Google Body Browser, a Google Earth-like explorer for the human anatomy that launched last December as part of the now-defunct Google Labs project, will be reborn as a free Android app and web application called Zygote Body, according to a report over at MedGadget.

Google Body Browser allowed users to explore human anatomy via a three dimensional browser that included layer options (such as skin, tissue, and bone). The Body Browser was part of Google’s Labs project, which showcased prototype experimental apps developed by Google engineers. Google Labs’ closure was announced in July 2011.

Software that models human movement debuts at tech museum - OpenSim, Stanford-developed software that uses physics and anatomy to create 3D simulations of human movement, is now on display at The Leonardo, a science and technology museum. OpenSim is open sourced and free for everyone to use.

http://youtu.be/Ns2dkT2sIug i realize this is vastly more simplistic, but it is also quite entertaining