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 * 1:30 a bit about Pro and the Sport Product Testing group of the Canadian Sport Institute and the ‘Fit, Feel, Function’ process
 * 6:15 why is wrist-based optical HR so useless when cycling
 * 8:00 optical HR carries a lag time to true HR of up to 120 seconds
 * 9:30 optical HR motion artifact errors 
 * 14:00 the challenges of porting medical devices into the consumer sport field
 * 15:30 the birth of the running footpod 
 * 21:00 the product ‘feel’: auditory, visual, olfactory 
 * 24:15 on ‘slappy’ shoes
 * 26:30 the value of a ‘lack’ of feeling
 * 28:15 obtaining high quality subjective feedback from testers
 * 34:30 the future of sport products / services: data collection and usage
 * 38:00 the continuing story of useless and even harmful data

Learn more about the Sport Product Testing group at their website [https://www.sportproducttesting.com/]and if you're in the Calgary area, consider volunteering as a product tester [https://www.sportproducttesting.com/participants]. 

78 - Pro Stergiou of Sport Product Testing

Endurance Innovation examines the technology, science, and engineering shaping modern endurance sport. Each episode features a focused conversation with researchers, coaches, and industry practitioners working in areas such as cycling aerodynamics, triathlon equipment, performance modeling, training science, biomechanics, and data analysis.

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