With the PyeongChang Olympic Winter Games beginning next month, Samsung has revealed it has given two Dutch short track speedskaters access to the Samsung SmartSuit to try to help them win Olympic gold. A competitive form of speed-skating, short track speed competitions take place on an oval ice track of a circumference of just 364 feet.
The suit, thanks to five sensors embedded in it, is able to measure body posture and calculates how far a skater’s hips are from the ice. The reason why this analysis is so crucial is because this distance, if maximized, allows skaters to increase their speed, especially as the current men’s and women’s world records are 39.