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#ICYMI - Ask a Sports Engineer, with David James

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🗓️ 25 October 2018

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

In case you missed this episode on the Playing with Science channel… Gary O’Reilly and Chuck Nice answer your questions and investigate the collision of sports, technology, and engineering alongside David James, sports engineer and Director of Photo Credit: The Center for Sports Engineering Research at Sheffield Hallam University. jonwick04 (https://www.flickr.com/photos/jonwick/4388363999/) [CC BY 2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons

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0:00.0

I'm Gary O'Reilly.

0:10.0

And I'm Chuck Nice.

0:11.0

Yes he is.

0:12.0

And this is playing with science.

0:14.0

Today we only have the one guest.

0:17.1

He's not a rock star, a film star, or even a sporting legend.

0:20.5

But he is British.

0:21.6

So not only will he be splendid, he will most likely live in a castle and have an army

0:25.5

of butlers just like everyone else does.

0:27.4

And I've heard that about you guys.

0:30.0

It's true.

0:31.0

Yes.

0:32.0

Professor David James is however a sports engineer with enough published work to open his own

0:36.1

library.

0:37.1

He's also conducted research for sportswear and giant as Gary would put it.

0:41.9

Adidas.

0:42.9

Thank you.

0:43.9

And worked with the world governing body of soccer, aka I say this for you once again.

0:49.2

Football.

0:50.2

Thank you.

0:51.2

Better known as FIFA.

0:52.2

Yes.

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