Summarize this content to 2000 words in 6 paragraphs in Arabic Unlock the Editor\u2019s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.Introducing the smart ski bootWithout wishing to incur the wrath of skiing enthusiasts, Carv\u2019s Alex Jackson has a home truth to dispense: \u201cWhile people love skiing, they don\u2019t tend to get much better at it.\u201d Not the skier\u2019s fault, he notes; just a dearth of feedback. Indeed, if you don\u2019t have an instructor it might be years before someone quietly makes a helpful suggestion. Carv was intended to provide timely guidance in a manner tailored to the skier\u2019s ability, and the non-invasive way it achieves this is via a neat dovetailing of data analysis and miniaturisation.Carv\u2019s first iteration coupled a motion sensor with a pressure pad that had to be installed inside your boot. This was a problem for anyone who rented boots, and indeed for skiers who feared that their comfort might be compromised. Carv\u00a02, however, comprises two small sensors that clip anywhere you like on each boot; after a few seconds they recognise their orientation and adjust their output accordingly. Gyro and acceleration metrics are recorded 20 times a second, providing not only a clear picture of how you\u2019re turning but even the type of snow you\u2019re turning on.If you\u2019re laidback about your progress, you can glance at your data at the end of the day via the app, with runs broken into segments and scored via 10 metrics (centred balance, edging similarity etc), all contributing to an overall \u201cSki:IQ\u201d score. If\u00a0you wear headphones or earbuds on the slope, Carv can read out your score when you stop and offer specific advice when it detects that you\u2019re back on a chairlift. Or, for instant feedback, it can be set to ping in\u00a0real time for certain targets \u2013 say, improving edge angle. \u201cWhen I started, I\u00a0set\u00a0mine to 35 degrees,\u201d says Jackson. \u201cI\u00a0thought it would be easy, but I missed a\u00a0lot.\u00a0I kept pushing, it kept going up, and\u00a0at\u00a0some point I unlocked a totally new\u00a0feeling in skiing.\u201dSkiing is a sport that is more fun the better you get. The way Carv 2 accelerates that improvement is ingenious.\u00a0Get your head in the gameMark Clayton, a former NFL player with the Baltimore Ravens and later the St Louis Rams, preferred to do his\u00a0warm-ups while wearing over-ear headphones but found that they had\u00a0an irritating tendency to fall off\u00a0and break. He worked with an industrial designer to create this uniquely shaped headband that curves around the head rather than sitting across it, ensuring that it stays in place during vigorous workouts. The optimum position can be found by tilting the headphones slightly backwards or forwards, then it\u2019s just a\u00a0matter of Bluetooth-pair and go. A\u00a0group of three buttons takes care of\u00a0play, pause, back and next, as well\u00a0as active noise cancellation and\u00a0call answering. Serve yourselfYou can pick up a machine to ping table tennis balls at you for a couple of hundred quid, but this takes things up a level or five; a floor-mounted, human-sized robot that doesn\u2019t just pop balls down a chute but serves them properly with a bat. It\u2019s been designed by Chinese engineers to simulate the techniques (such as ball speed and spin) of national-level coaches, and thanks to its visible serve, keen-eyed players may be able to deduce what\u2019s coming. It pivots to change its serving angle but doesn\u2019t move laterally like an opponent. Its rapid delivery makes for\u00a0an almost game-like experience, with adjustable parameters and multiple training modes. NB: you will need many, many\u00a0table tennis balls.All-action heroA strong challenger in an action-cam market dominated by GoPro and DJI, this latest camera from Insta360 has a\u00a0headline-grabbing 8K resolution and\u00a0a Leica Summarit lens, but it\u2019s the\u00a0smaller details that will endear it\u00a0to\u00a0athletes. A small mic guard substantially reduces wind noise, there\u2019s a mode to optimise stability underwater, a solid horizon lock keeps videos level even through 360-degree rotation, and a long-life battery (180 minutes) can give your phone a boost in reverse charge mode. Also, stats from sporting wearables can be overlaid in real time on to videos, with\u00a0other data (such as GPS details) added later in the app, creating the ultimate memento of your sporting day. Top deck performanceA robust, wheelless skateboard with\u00a0sensors embedded within, BoarDrop is a games controller for use on the floor that maps your movements to standard joystick operations, so a game like Ubisoft\u2019s Riders Republic is transformed into\u00a0a\u00a0pretty realistic snowboarding or\u00a0skateboarding experience. Not only\u00a0does it sense left and right movement, but if you do\u00a0a flip (ie, turn\u00a0your board through 180 degrees) BoarDrop automatically switches its polarity, so left still means left, and right still means right.\u00a0Ollies and nollies are also faithfully transmitted to the game, but\u00a0its use isn\u2019t limited to\u00a0sporting titles; even something like\u00a0Mario Kart can become a skateboarding workout. @rhodri<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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