As the inaugural post on the engineering sport blog, there is a weight of responsibility bearing down on the next few paragraphs to set the scene correctly for every post that will follow. Of primary importance is to set out the stall and identify what particular niché this blog will fill in the n-dimensional multiverse that is the ‘blogosphere’. We hope that engineering sport will fulfil a number of aims:
- To inform readers of how engineering can influence the world of sport
- To give expert views into major sporting events, achievements and what role science and technology had to play
- To entertain!
You might have gathered from the use of bullet pointing within the first paragraph that this blog is written by scientists and engineers. Despite the boffins behind the blog, each article will not be a maelstrom of equations and complex diagrams; the aim is to remain accessible to the public as well as interested academics. However, we will apply scientific rigour and evidence based research to any frivolous claims we might be tempted to make.
Now that the stall is set (however sparse it may appear at this stage) the business can begin of tackling the question most frequently aimed at a sports engineer;
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September 22, 2009 in Introduction | Tags: Comment, Engineering, FINA, ITF, Jaked, R&A, rules, Sport, Swimsuits, USGA | by wiredchop | 1 comment
As the inaugural post on the engineering sport blog, there is a weight of responsibility bearing down on the next few paragraphs to set the scene correctly for every post that will follow. Of primary importance is to set out the stall and identify what particular niché this blog will fill in the n-dimensional multiverse that is the ‘blogosphere’. We hope that engineering sport will fulfil a number of aims:
You might have gathered from the use of bullet pointing within the first paragraph that this blog is written by scientists and engineers. Despite the boffins behind the blog, each article will not be a maelstrom of equations and complex diagrams; the aim is to remain accessible to the public as well as interested academics. However, we will apply scientific rigour and evidence based research to any frivolous claims we might be tempted to make.
Now that the stall is set (however sparse it may appear at this stage) the business can begin of tackling the question most frequently aimed at a sports engineer;
Read the rest of this entry »