Flow measurement gives Olympic swimmers the edge
Digital Particle Image Velocimetry video-based flow measurement technique
Article Summary
One of the secret weapons of the US assault on the pool in Beijing is a high-tech flow measurement technique developed at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute which aims to help athletes gain that critical few extra milliseconds by providing state-of-the-art analysis of how much energy the swimmers exert and how their body affects the water.
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