Finished projects

Inertia  Technology is collaborating with the Institute of Sport, Exercise and Active Living at Victoria University of Melbourne and the Pervasive Systems group at University of Twente in an ambitious project for developing the first system able to provide a scientific evaluation of cyclists’ performances in the field. The system composed of a combination of wireless sensor nodes will calculate changes in the key factors of performance cycling during training sessions and racing events.

It is expected that the system will provide cycling coaches and cyclists with real-time information allowing the scientific approach to be extended and cyclists’ performances to be further improved.

The inMotion project aims to determine the feasibility of using low-power wireless motion sensor networks in sports for on-line processing of data and and real-time feedback to the athletes concerning their performance and the risk of overuse injury. In particular, cycling is one sport where any small gain in terms of technique and performance can mean the difference between the winner and the rest. It has been shown that muscle fatigue alters the coordination of muscle activation patterns and joint kinematics. Changes in muscle fatigue determine cyclists to change their movement strategies to maintain task performance. Such biomechanical changes resulting from fatigue indicate an increased potential for overuse injury. By analyzing the biomechanics of the cyclist body, the progress of the cyclists performance during training and the risk of overuse injury can be determined. inMotion targets especially elite cyclists and their coaching teams, which can achieve better results by determining the actual status of the cyclist in real-time during training or competition.

The Smart Surroundings research program is investigating a new paradigm for bringing the flexibility of information technology to bear in every aspect of daily life. Smart Surroundings brings together a critical mass of world-class research teams in distributed, embedded and interactive systems to aim at a significant advance in ubiquitous computing.