Football Engineering at Carnegie Mellon

08/29/2011

Great NY Times article on how tennis-racket speeds are produced.

Here is a look at how all the body’s segments intricately combine to produce tremendous racket-head speed.

02/06/2011

Who's bigger? Steeler Nation or Packer Nation? Tell us which Steelers or Packers jersey you're rocking and where, and see the worldwide crowdsourced fan map for Super Bowl XLV!

This site is a way to remember where you were during Super Bowl XLV, for that spectacular touchdown/turnover. Capture that moment live, share your team pride with Steelers and Packers fans all around the world, by putting a marker down with the jersey that you are wearing or want to rock this day.

02/05/2011

Video capturing the excitement, enthusiasm, energy of the students in the first-ever Sports Technology course at Carnegie Mellon (also the nation's first-ever such course).

Carnegie Mellon's new Sports Technology course, taught by Priya Narasimhan, assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering, lets students improve their favorite sports using technology. The 15 week project course was launched in the fall of 2009, and gives students experience in designin

01/30/2011

Very excited that Sam Farmer from the Los Angeles Times covered our smart-football work.

Scientists in Pittsburgh can make footballs talk.

08/28/2010

Nike files patent for auto-lacing system for shoes. "Automatic fastening system," the patent filing calls it.

We've seen some extremely DIY auto-lacing sneakers, but it looks like the big boys -- Nike -- have thought about getting in on the game

12/04/2009

http://www.ece.cmu.edu/~ece848d/

18-848D Sports Technology Class Album

08/18/2009

a 30 yard field goal attempt in Gesling Stadium

08/16/2009

Our football engineering work to be featured on The Science Channel, Aug 17, 2009 at 9pm ET. The episode is entitled "The Future of Play". Set your Tivos/DVRs! Our entire research group is VERY excited.

Series TV Schedule

08/16/2009

WIRED news blog that discussed our work.

A professor of computer engineering at Carnegie Mellon is combining her mutual love of football and wireless technologies in a project that could lead to a