Title :
Rowing optimisation
Author :
Cirmirakis, D. ; Pollard, J.K.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. & Electr. Eng., Univ. Coll. London, London, UK
Abstract :
A novel, patented, mechanical rowing force sensor has been simulated, constructed and tested. The sensor was set in a modified oarlock together with electronic processing including a Bluetooth transmitter. A Bluetooth-enabled mobile telephone/ laptop with a Graphical User Interface written in Java was used to display the 2-dimensional force on an oar vs. time. The visual display to a coach of rowing effort enabled skills to be optimized for maximum velocity of a rowing shell. This has been tested in practice and is creating interest amongst professional rowing coaches.
Keywords :
Bluetooth; Java; force sensors; graphical user interfaces; laptop computers; mobile handsets; radio transmitters; sport; Bluetooth transmitter; Java; electronic processing; graphical user interface; laptop; mechanical rowing force sensor; mobile telephone; oarlock; professional rowing coaches; rowing optimisation; visual display; Bluetooth; Displays; Force sensors; Graphical user interfaces; Java; Mechanical sensors; Portable computers; Telephony; Testing; Transmitters; Bluetooth; Force sensor; mobile telephone; sport electronics;
Conference_Titel :
Intelligent Data Acquisition and Advanced Computing Systems: Technology and Applications, 2009. IDAACS 2009. IEEE International Workshop on
Conference_Location :
Rende
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4901-9
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4882-1
DOI :
10.1109/IDAACS.2009.5343005
