Not only performance but also comfort, elegance and discrete colors to match easily: all women want those clothing of its technical related to address the more the better activities outdoor. Patagonia has been able to interpret realized that needs the woman’s better sweater program. That line of models combines high technical content and elegance. the fabric used, soft and velvety inside as the classic fleece but with an external working that makes its like to woolen sweaters, warrant is maximum lightness, compressibility ‘and high termicita’. heat ‘. Clothing to be perfect in cloakroom all year, why are perfectly adapted to come to summer trekking hiking winter. In this line are the better sweater jacket and better sweater ¼-zip. More, only for the winter season still ongoing, there is also the sweatshirt with the cap, the better sweater full-zip hoody. The better sweater recyclable common threads through the recycling program.

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Jordan Brand Goes Beyond XX3 to Unveil the Future of the Brand: The AIR JORDAN 2009
Since the release of the AIR JORDAN XX3 in January 2008, the sneaker world debated the greatest question ever asked of a basketball shoe: will there be an AIR JORDAN XX4? Meanwhile, Jordan Brand, a division of NIKE, Inc. and creator of the legendary franchise, fueled the fire by admitting nothing…ntil now.

Today, at a press event in New York City, Michael Jordan himself unveiled the AIR JORDAN 2009 shoe. Its sophisticated design carries on the tradition of the world’ most respected basketball shoe while presenting a new naming scheme, retiring the labels “IR JORDAN I through XX3”to keep Michael Jordan’ legacy special.

“Throughout the first 23 years of the AIR JORDAN franchise, we challenged ourselves and the industry by producing athletic footwear beyond the limits of what was possible,” said Michael Jordan. “The AIR JORDAN 2009 ushers in a new chapter for the Brand –it is the embodiment of what we can do and sets the course for the next 23 years for the franchise.”

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The Fitness Meeting held in Turin at the Lingotto Oval (ex Winter Olimpic Games building used in 2006) has been the opportunity to discover a lot of interesting news about the Technology Sport Market.

Should I summarize the very essence of the understood messages during the event I’d say that the current professional practice solutions stress the attention to the perceptions Emulation of competitiveness activities and the Wellness. In order to Continue reading »

Anything that gives a reduction in drag is a benefit to an athlete, particularly in an event like the 100m. The race that crowns the world’s fastest man is a sprint for photo finishes where hundredths of a second determine the difference between first and fourth. With 7 percent less drag than the Athens version, wearing the new Nike Swift Suit translates to a benefit of about .02 of a second in the 100m.

This year, the Nike Swift program has expanded for Beijing. In addition to the Nike Swift unitard, athletes will have the choice of a whole new system of dress that takes the Nike Swift learnings from other sports, namely basketball, to Track and Field apparel. Nike wanted to create options for athletes since competition isn’t simply about the most lightweight, aerodynamic equipment, but also confidence. It’s the essential Continue reading »

Introduced for the first time on July 2008 the WIRELESS ACQUISITION SYSTEM FOR BIOMEDICAL SIGNAL developed by a Biolab team of the Polytechnic University of Turin.

The Technological applications for Sport will be mainly realated to the walking analysis.

The aim of this work is the design and carrying out of an acquisition system characterized by an easy positioning of sensors on the body, low encumbrance and discomfort for the patient, easy data storing and Continue reading »

Imagine a paper-thin shoe, no more than two microns thick, whose only support comes from threads. This is Flywire. A revolutionary technology, its high-strength threads work like cables on a suspension bridge with support engineered precisely where a foot needs it. Flywire allowed Nike to make its lightest and strongest footwear ever, transforming how footwear is engineered by reducing the amount of material required for the upper of a shoe to the bare minimum. Thanks to this innovation, track spikes with Flywire are now under 100g – a weight never before achieved – without compromising on durability or integrity and support.

Six and a half years ago all Flywire footwear’s creator Jay Meschter, Innovation Director of Nike’s Innovation Kitchen, had was a shoe last, the mold from which shoes are built, with pins and Continue reading »