Communication technology Website.
I decided to base my website on technology in sport as I have a passion for sport and felt this was a good way to incorporate something I am interested in and technology. I didn't really know a lot about technology in sport, so found researching for this topic very interesting and surprising at times. I did however find it quite difficult to research this topic as there wasn't that much information about technology in sport out there, I therefore had to make assumptions, however this paid off as I was able to find out more things from my assumptions as it made my research more diverse.
I found the recording of the video quite easy to do, the instructions were clear and we were able to get on with it. The editing, at the time seemed quite complex when first explained, however when it actually came to using final cut I found it quite easy, thus enabling me to really play around with my video. However I feel I have maybe messed around with my video too much, as it does look like I have tried to fit a lot of things into a short space of time. Overall though, I am quite pleased with my video and enjoy the fact that i didn't find it that difficult to actually do, thus giving me a more positive outlook on video editing. I feel I may want to use final cut again in my future work.
I found the tutorials for the website design quite useful, and I did make sure I wrote down all the notes to it, however I really struggled in making the website. I decided I wanted to make my website personal to me, so I decided to draw my background, this as soon as I started my website was an obvious mistake. I managed to cut up my background and place it into the tables, however I hadn't properly planned what I wanted on each page, therefore because my background was cut up I was unable to put a lot of information on the website pages, otherwise the background began to break up. Furthermore, due to this fact I couldn't make the text size very big on the pages as that too would break up the background, therefore I was really limited in what information I could put on my website. I then had a lot of trouble when linking my pages as the link didn't work to go back to my home page (instead it went to baviscom page), so a lot of time was spent trying to change the link. Therefore, I can't really say I enjoyed making the website as i couldn't put everything I wanted to onto it, and it caused a lot of trouble, which even the technicians found difficult to fix, therefore I am not saying I wouldn't consider doing a website again, but it wont be in the near future I will try to make another.
If I was to do this project again, I would definitely do things differently. Firstly I would break my video up into maybe two videos, therefore I could put everything I wanted to include into them, yet not feel so jam packed. I would also maybe, if I kept the layout of my website the same, place all the information that I couldn't fit onto the page into videos and place these on the pages. However I feel if I was to do this again I would definitely change my background to be less complicated, and therefore more flexible to use. Overall I did enjoy this project to an extent as I have learnt a lot of new skills, and also a lot of information on technology in sports itself, however, as stated before I really struggled with the website.
Monday, 7 March 2011
Tuvie
This is a new technology which allows users to listen to music whilst doing sport.Although this could be said that it has already been done before, the point of technology is that it is always improving on what has been done before. this head piece means that it doesn't move when it is on your head and you are doing any type of sport.
Osim curve.
Although this website shows all new types of technology in sport, I am more interested in how technology is advancing in the elite part of the performance pyramid and how this will effect the record books.
Wednesday, 2 March 2011
Future
What is the future of sport with the combination of technology?
Haile Gabreselasie alongside Kenenisa Bekele are regarded as the greatest long distance runners of all time. Despite this both have lived and felt the effects of poverty living in a third world country-Eithiopia. However both have rocketed to success. Given this one could say that technology doesn’t determine how successful an athlete is, however as soon as talent is recognized technology is introduced. Therefore it is impossible to say that the records in the future will purely be based on talent alone as society now means that technology is always introduced to talent.
Is technology the reason for success?
Third World countries do have sporting success. For instance Chad has a large number of professional football players, however none play in Chad itself, the majority play in France. Furthermore Mali, a country in north Africa, their women’s basketball team qualified for the Beijing Olympics, however they came last in the Olympics itself. I feel that this shows a lot. Although these countries have talent, they cannot compete against the richer countries who involve technology. Although their raw talent is very good, in this world that is just not good enough, and as soon as it is recognized money becomes involved = technology.
Technology will never end. Everybody always wants to be bigger and better. Human beings love to be shocked, to be challenged and to win.
A fundamental rule in technology says that whatever can be done will be done.
Present
Usain Bolt. The current world record holder of the 100m sprint is Usain Bolt. At the age of 15 Bolt ran the 200m in 21.73 seconds. In the World Junior championships in 2002, Bolt became the youngest world junior gold medalist ever with a time of 20.58’s. In 2004 Bolt turned professional, although he was injured when he went the 2004 Athens Olympics he was still offered scholarships in America, however he turned all down wanting to stay in Jamaica. In 2008 Bolt went to the Beijing Olympics injury free. He went there winning the 100m in a time of 9.69s, however he slowed down towards the finish line to celebrate. In the 2009 world championships Bolt went on to break his own world record with a time of 9.58s.
Shoes now are created in such a way that they are specialized for different people and different events. C-cap (compression molded Eva) is used to create certain spikes, this cushions and creates flexibility in the shoe. On average a running shoe weighs around 160g, this is incredibly light, thus feeling like your not running with shoes on yet still gaining the benefit of spikes.
Starting blocks currently are made of metal, however are reliable in not moving when used, they also have rubber grips on them for the shoes to sit in. Furthermore, the blocks have sensors in them to not only monitor athletes reaction times, but also to create fairness, as, if an athlete reacts faster than one tenth of a second a false start can be called.
Past
The history of the 100m has been improved upon 12 times since the introduction of electronic timing system in 1968.
Harold Abrahams
1920 Olympics he did not qualify for the 100m or 200m, he also finished 20th in the long jump. He was then introduced to Sam Mussbini who perfected his start, stride and form. He then qualified for the 1924 Olympics-here on the 7th July at 7pm he won the 100m Paris Olympics. Although starting blocks had not been introduced yet he did start in a crouched position.
Before the introduction of starting blocks, competitors used to dig holes into the ground to place their feet. Competitors were given trowels at the beginning of the race.
The starting blocks were first invented by Charlie booth in 1929, however in the beginning they were wooden. On some tracks starting blocks were permanently stuck on the starting line, they then were created using metal instead of wood, however they were very heavy and the screws attaching the blocks to the ground frequently broke.
Although running shoes had been made since the late 1800’s in the 1920’s Adolf Dassler became the main name for producing running shoes with ‘spikes’ in them. All the top athletes wore these shoes at the time including Jesse Owens.
Jesse Owens
The Berlin Olympics in 1936 was the last Olympics to not use starting blocks and Jesse Owens time of 10.2 was the last world record recorded from not using starting blocks
Jim Hines
Jim Hines was the first man to break the 10s 100m barrier in 1968 with a time of 9.95.. Alongside this in 1968 the electronic timing system was introduced.
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