Reliable wireless data transfer for smart sensor shorts in football

In football, most of the injuries occur in the lower extremities of the athletes. The leading cause of this is high muscle stress during explosive actions. To be able to prevent injuries, the Dutch Football Association (KNVB) and Dutch Hockey Association (KNHB) are working on smart sensor shorts in collaboration with the Delft University of...

Designing a wireless communication system for smart sensor shorts in football: Using lossless data compression and pattern diversity

Decreasing injuries in football is a topic of interest for the KNVB and KNHB. To reach this goal, the use of smart sensor pants is researched. The data will be used to develop models for finding injury risk factors that are related to movements. Currently, the system is capable of reading out the IMUs and storing the data on an SD-card, for post...

SkyDowser: An Electromagnetic Geophysical Survey Instrument for Groundwater Detection

Clean drinking water is still not widely available around the globe and therefore remains an unsolved issue. In fact, 1 in 9 people lack daily access to safe water and sanitation. Groundwater is a water supply source that needs minor treatment and thereby presents itself as a good solution to this global issue. Especially in development...