Schlagwort: sport
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„the work you put into something eliminates your fears“
High-altitude medicine and sport at the limit – fear Why rational thinking is so difficult in extreme situations. ‘The realisation that you are so tiny in this incessant rock face makes things a lot easier,’ says professional climber Rudolf Hauser from Salzburg. At the 40th Annual Congress of the GOTS at the Danube University Krems,…
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Making Individual Fitness Goals Visible with AI
The Intelligent and Learning Systems research group at the Institute for Information Systems (iisys) at Hof University has developed an innovative, AI-powered fitness tool in collaboration with the „Freiraum“ gym in Bayreuth. The subproject „Fit Me“ was created as part of the EU-funded EFRE project M4-SKI and is now being made available to the public.…
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Sport leaves its mark on the brain
At the turn of the century, the renowned brain researcher Manfred Spitzer published several books. A result of active brain research since the 1990s. In one of his books, ‘Learning’, Spitzer describes how human movement leaves traces in the brain. Spitzer vividly describes walking through a park that is covered in snow and through which…
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Spinal cord more than just a data highway
In a ground-breaking study, scientists at the Leibniz Institute for Neurobiology (LIN) and University Hospital Magdeburg demonstrated that the spinal cord is far more than just a transmission pathway that transmits sensory stimuli from the body. Instead, sensory stimuli are processed in the spinal cord before reaching the brain. These findings have been published in…
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Sport in winter Why exercise is so effective now and also benefits your social life
Whether it’s ice skating, indoor swimming, jogging or even cycling. Sport in winter is a huge investment. For your well-being, your body and your social life. Riedlingen/Germany, January 6, 2025 Especially after the Christmas period, when there were often cosy hours, it is often difficult to get out into the cold, rain and fresh air…
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Charge your phone just by moving your body
Innovative device could power electronics with your body movements while you use them. „Breaking Dielectric Dilemma: Polymer Functionalized Perovskite Piezocomposite with Large Current Density Output,“ appears in the November edition of Nature Communications. Waterloo/Canada, November, 20, 2024. A new technology that can generate electricity from vibrations or even small body movements means you could charge your…