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Speedo’s Swim Tech Wins Olympic Gold

Michael Phelps, REUTERS - David Gray

Michael Phelps retires from the London Olympics and from his swimming career as the most decorated Olympic athlete ever. Over the course of the Athens, Beijing, and London Olympic Games he’s earned 22 medals, 18 of which have been golds. Phelps is no doubt a product of precision training, diehard dedication, and outstanding talent, but he’s also had cutting-edge technology …

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London Olympic Games Top 6 Tech Innovations

Nike Pro TurboSpeed. Photo: Nike Inc.

The London Olympics 2012 have begun, and while all eyes will be on the athletes themselves, there’s no denying technology is playing a growing role in performance. The first ancient Olympic Games were held in Olympia, Greece in 776 BC, and even back then athletes employed a variety of gadgets and gizmos to enhance their performance. In long jump, for …

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New Study Reveals Risks to Apparel Supply Chain

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Retail companies are well aware of the risks and variables associated with the apparel supply chain. And the last couple of years have been tougher than usual, with rising cotton costs ($1 per lb in late 2010) and shipping costs, along with labor wage increases in Bangladesh, China and India. A new report out this month, “Risk analysis of the …

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Catwalk CAD: The Next Fashion Craze

Amelia Agosta

CAD is to engineering as fabric is to fashion. But as CAD becomes more lightweight and easier to use it’s expanding its reach to new environments. Applying traditional CAD software to produce non-traditional designs for non-traditional materials is the new vogue. If you ever get a chance to go to an international  fashion show in London, Paris, Amsterdam or Melbourne, …

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