How does technology enhance sporting performance? With advanced analysis tools; with hi-tech sportswear; with innovative design in training equipment and programmes; in leading research into human physiology. How does sports technology enhance New Zealand’s economy? By developing new technologies and products to export; engaging with local and international business. How does Sports Technology extend knowledge? Innovative technologies enhance research, allowing us to better understand the capabilities of the human body. Sports Technology is part of the Applied Science programme; it is an incredibly diverse, interdisciplinary field. Teaching and research in technologies associated with sport already occur in a number of disciplines including: Applied Sciences, Computer Science, Medicine, Human Nutrition, Physical Education, Physics, Physiology, Physiotherapy and Psychology. It leads to research into fields such as the modelling of movement, sports performance analysis, athlete workload monitoring, brain-blood flow neurophysiology, and the broadcasting of sporting events (e.g. 3D animation, computational modelling).

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