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POPSGecko-grip Material -- The End of Glue US chemists claim to have made an adhesive material, based on nanotubes that is 10 times stickier than some gecko feet. Like a real gecko foot, it can be easily unstuck with a tug in the right direction.
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POPSScientists find the secret to swatting flies Handily, the research suggests an optimal method for successfully swatting a fly. "It is best not to swat at the fly's starting position, but rather to aim a bit forward of that to anticipate where the fly is going to jump when it first sees your swatter,"
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POPSHigh Tech Slalom Ski Training A new motion capture system using a network of sensors to detect high speed movement can help skiers to improve their downhill slalom racing techniques
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POPSHe will run, we will win Based on the team’s findings, the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) in Lausanne, Switzerland, has ruled that Pistorius is eligible to participate in International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) sanctioned competitions. If he qualifies for the 2008 Beijing games, Pistorius would be the first disabled athlete ever to run against able-bodied athletes in an Olympic event.
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POPSAn enduring measure of fitness:The simple Push-Up When people fall forward, they typically reach out to catch themselves, ending in a move that mimics the push-up. The hands hit the ground, the wrists and arms absorb much of the impact, and the elbows bend slightly to reduce the force.In studies of falling, researchers have shown that the wrist alone is subjected to an impact force equal to about one body weight, says James Ashton-Miller.“What so many people really need to do is develop enough strength so they can break a fall safely without hitting their head on the ground.If you can’t do a single push-up, it’s going to be difficult to resist that kind of loading on your wrists in a fall.”And people who can’t do a push-up may not be able to help themselves up if they do fall.
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POPST-Mag: Common Training Disasters (Including Failing the Pencil Test) Excellent recent article on T-Nation.Com by Tony Genticore, the guy who did the "Reconstructing Computer Guy" article I raved about a couple of months ago. Examined and dissected are : running to get fit (especially for women), not training the "backside" of the core, deadlifting before you are ready, useless "stability" training, and failing the "Pencil Test". I really like Genticore's ideas. He seems to be a trainer with a solid grasp of what's important in fitness and health training.
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POPSRugby greats kick with their arms The research is on rugby, but I wouldn't be surprised if the same technique applied to other goal kicking sports. Something to do with knowing where your center of gravity is, but I'm no sports biomechanic.
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POPSTalk about x-ray vision! Sorry about the weird divisions. I had to stay within the 1000-word limit, while still trying to make grammar work. Original title: Imaging system brings skeletons to life in 3-D http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/06/20/skeletons.in.3d/index.html?iref=newssearch Go check it out on CNN! :)
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POPST-Rex Not Super-Predator This lends some credence to another theory I've seen that suggests that T-Rex was not a predator at all, but was more likely a scavenger. The study linked the size of T-Rex's nostrils to the nostrils of the vulture, a scavenger. It's funny, I'm all grown up now, but I still find dinosaurs as fascinating as I did when I was a kid.
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