Using Science To Decode the Secrets of Olympic Skeleton Sliding (2 of 2) (VIDEO)

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

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Engineering professor Timothy Wei and students at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, N.Y., are employing science and technology to help the US skeleton team trim track times and gain an edge over other sliders in the upcoming Winter Olympics. The student researchers developed new data collection technologies, including a helmet camera. This video is the "helmet cam" perspective of a skeleton athlete taking a test run on the track at Lake Placid.

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