Sporting super spikes: how do they work? – podcast

In the lead-up to the athletics competitions at the Tokyo Olympic Games 2020, Shivani Dave takes look at how advances in running shoe technology are resulting in records being smashed. Talking to Geoff Burns, a postdoctoral research fellow at the University of Michigan who specialises in biomechanics, Shivani asks how so-called ‘super spikes’ work and if the mechanical advantage they provide is fairContinue reading...

Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - July 27, 2021 Category: Science Authors: Presented by Shivani Dave. Produced by Max Sanderson and Iain Chambers Tags: Sport Olympic Games Science Source Type: news