Snow sports and in particular skiing and snowboarding are expensive entertainments not only because of the necessary investment in equipment. It may surprise that -in spite of this- an estimated total of 350 million people worldwide are performing these sports. Not only this considerable number of participants and the economic power of the subsequent sporting goods (and tourist) market justify big efforts in research and development. Even more important however seems the prevention of snow sports related injuries. Against this background it is clear that innovative technologies are not only a stimulation for additional market shares in this segment. They also offer a chance to improve protection by new and better safety gear. The talk will explain the background, illustrate the current state of research and finally formulate visions in this field. This will be done by giving five examples of our and other researchers` work: 1) Digital skiing coach for faster learning and better performance. 2) Prevention of jump-landing accidents in snow parks 3) Prevention of deep burying in an avalanche and of alpine ski race injuries 4) Prevention of overloads of artificial hip joints in skiing 5) Prevention of knee injuries by mechatronic ski bindings While the first three examples have almost achieved the state of market introduction, the fourth and fifth are still in the phase of investigation with special focus on biomechanical issues. With explaining these examples, this talk will also give an impression on actual measurement technologies applied under difficult boundary condition, such as skiing. ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR
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