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project info
Start date: 1 April 2019
End date: 30 June 2022
funding
Fund: European Regional Development Fund (ERDF)
Total budget: 2 053 976,87 €
EU contribution: 1 026 988,39 € (50%)
programme
Programming period: 2014-2021
Managing authority: Tillväxtverket

Augmented Sports, ADS

The project’s main goal of the project is to strengthen the product and service development of small and medium-sized enterprises by increasing the possibilities for product/and service development with innovative technology content. The Augmented Sports project is based on a number of previous projects and its results. These have been necessary projects in order to be able to a large laboratory capacity, in terms of results, which in turn provided a large active network. This project differs from previous projects as a large part of the project consists of open innovation that enables companies to connect in the region through a qualified collaboration. Whether you are talking about technology development or equipment development in sports in terms of a demanding outdoor person or an elite athlete, and all in between, there are constant developments and improvements/reinforcements “Augments”. This applies to all both with and without functional variations, not least within the Parasport area. In this way, the title “Augmented Sports” can be addressed. The established collaboration channels with sports, companies, public actors, institutions and universities are a very strong success factor as most of the societal aspects are present in the creation of the research agenda and thereby the expected results. Existing infrastructure at Sports Tech Research Centre in the form of competent research teams and unique laboratories such as Vindtunnellab, Additivlab, Materialsprovningslab and Sensor and electronics development create “in-house” opportunities that are alone of its kind. The project also aims to develop the opportunities of companies and associations to specialise in activities, products and services for people without as well as with functional variation. The Sports Tech Research Centre conducts research on biomechanical analyses of the human body’s movements and optimisation of various sports, outdoor and sports activities. Here, co-production will take place with the Swedish Sports Confederation, the Swedish Ski Sports Confederation Alpint and Biathlon. In particular, there is also safety focused where co-production takes place with the world-leading company MIPS, which has founded a new standard in helmet safety based on research conducted at KTH, which is also part of the project. Companies that are producers of protection are also included in the project in the form of Sweet Protection and Spectrum.

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