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MIT researchers are doing something pretty interesting to help out the Boston Red Sox. They’ve been putting smart phone sensors on every single player of the Boston Red Sox, in order to understand what kind of physical force they create when they swing, run, and throw. This way, the Sox’s physicians and trainers will be able to measure the degree and force of when a player is doing well or is on his downtime. This will give the trainers statistics on how to improve their overall game and change accordingly with these stats.

MIT News is saying that the sensor technology that they are using was originally developed in a media lab on campus to track a dancer’s moves in order to synchronize with the music. The Red Sox players are fitted with many of the same technology as the latest Apple iPhone: Accelerometers, magnometers, and gyroscopes which uses the phone’s omnidirectional auto rotate and compass features in order to measure the movement and joint angle of the player. Although the Red Sox have made a technological step towards improving their game, the hardware is still too slow for the amount of g-forces that the players produce when swinging or pitching.

(Via Fast Company)


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