More and more people are concerned about their health and opt for running to stay fit.This has made the sport popular and runners have found an ally in technology to improve their performance, especially in critical events. The Mexico City Marathon is this Sunday.
Accordingly Frank Diana, futurist at Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), Currently, many amateur athletes already use devices to measure their performance, the most popular Wearables stand out among them Smart watches.
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I assume that Digital twins can go further and support runners in areas such as health and wellness, Performance and recovery, as well as race experience.
Placing sensors on different parts of the runner, for example in shoes or on a smart watch, to receive information about how he runs, the running track and other data that allows development. A digital double, that is, a computer system that is programmed to simulate various scenarios that a physical user might encounter.
It means the above A digital double can help you assess the best strategy for a race And, according to Diana, mid-race is when she helps the runner adjust his tactics.
Imagine a future where your glasses or contact lenses inform your strategies in real-time based on how your body reacts to the race, how the wind may have changed significantly during the race, or other types of factors that can help them. Change their focus,” he insisted.
Since the above is possible Companies like TCS have developed human digital twins and can use them for these use cases. For example, a digital nose helps us understand how breathing works during flow, a digital skin tells us how water is absorbed or evaporated and thus can detect dehydration, while a digital heart can detect vital abnormalities.
“We’ve seen stories over the years about how people died during marathons because they had an underlying abnormality, and a digital heart during training could detect that and save lives,” he emphasized.
The TCS futurist believes nanopods will be used to improve digital twins for runners and other athletes because they are injectable “sensors.” and spread across the system to get information in real time.
Diana commented that they were already experimenting Digital twins In the Americas and London, they plan to expand this game in the future.
Although he accepts that this technology may raise some concerns about its fair and equitable use.
A question I often get asked is, will inequality get worse? Because these technologies are affordable only to the rich. History suggests that some of these advances benefit those who can afford these technologies, at least initially, until eventually they are democratized and prices come down,” he added.
TCS has sponsored several marathons where technology has enhanced the experience, The virtual races in New York during the Covid-19 pandemic are proof of this.
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