“Generation Z” team attacks the key snow sports “Digitization”: helps athletes to be stronger
Xinhua News Agency, Jilin, August 4 (reporter Shi Hongyu) in Jilin city, Jilin province on the 4th, the temperature reached more than 30 degrees Celsius. A research and development team of college students in Beihua University was busy testing products, prepare for the snow season in a few months.
With the help of his companions, 22-year-old Li Jiayuan tied 10 wearable devices to his body and collected motion posture data with the help of sensors. His movements are displayed on the big screen, and his motion data streams are synchronized in real time on the computer. “This year’s snow season, the data model of this equipment will be more optimized and more helpful to athletes.” When talking about the progress of research and development, Li Jiayuan is quite confident.
In the past ten years, China has made great progress in mobile Internet, Internet of Things, AI, ice and snow sports and other fields. The struggle picture of “Generation Z” also unfolded.
In 2017, with the support of the school, many alumni in the electrical field set up a research and development team, hoping to “digitize” snow sports with the help of wearable devices and big data “. Then use various data to guide and improve the training of athletes and ski enthusiasts.
As the “youth” team on campus, team members continue to change, but the research and development progress has always remained efficient: at present, this team with an average age of over 20 has cooperated with many ski clubs nationwide, and relevant achievements have also participated in the training of high-level athletes.
Li Jiayuan further explained that in skiing, coaches often guide athletes according to videos. With objective data, training will get twice the result with half the effort.
The team currently has 15 members, all of whom are optimistic about the development prospect of China’s ice and snow economy in the “post-winter Olympics era. Jilin city is a famous ice and snow sports city. As one of the origins of ice and snow sports in New China, Jilin City has trained many Olympic champions and world champions for the country. Champions such as Li Jianrou, Wu Dajing, Han Yutong and Yan Ruxin all started from here and went to a higher stage.
The good local ice and snow sports background and atmosphere have added confidence to this “Generation Z” team. Li Jiayuan is the technical backbone and performs the same duties as the “architect”. He needs to optimize the model of the collected data. He compared data to “water source”. The richer the database, the more ideal the result is.
Of course, there will be many difficulties in cooperation, “but everyone is a classmate, and everything is fine.” When the school laboratory is brightly lit, it means that everyone is fighting against difficulties.
Zhao Hongyu, a 23-year-old girl with first-class eloquence, effectively solved the problem of communication between the R & D team and the outside world. She is responsible for the commentary and defense when participating in the “Challenge Cup” competition.
When Zhao Hongyu introduces the principle and details of the product, he always smiles first. “We need to communicate with athletes and test products. I usually open my mouth first.” She will turn the awkward terms into some simple principles, which can effectively make the other party understand.
Zou Wenjia, born in 2002, is the youngest one in the team. She is from Sichuan, but she likes ice and snow sports. “I have only been a sophomore. I haven’t finished my professional courses yet. I have learned a lot of new things in the team.” (Finished)