My name is Sarah Spowart and
I have recently joined the skignz team as a Film and Media Producer. How
professional does that sound! My job role involves creating short training,
promo and online sharable videos that can be sent to potential clients showing
them how their company can benefit from using skignz.
I
finished University last year qualifying with a First Class Honours Degree in Broadcast
Media Production which is my biggest achievement yet. I enjoyed
my course a lot and love that I can finally put the skills that I learnt into good
use here at skignz.
When I was offered the job I had a huge mix of emotions going through my body all at once. Some of these included:
I haven’t been here long but it’s already becoming a busy
month for me, learning how to use different software and of course not forgetting being the
‘star’ of a recent photo-shoot. Busy times!
In
my spare time I like to bake and experiment with new recipes, whether they’re from a book or simply made up. I love baking cakes and sweet things - check out
some pies I knocked up: D-LISH!
I
look forward to working for skignz and hope they enjoy working with me!
Together we can cook up a storm!
Health is a big issue now
and is getting talked about more each day. How a person lives their life, how
they work and their daily activity can have a massive impact on their lives and
their health.
It won't however just affect them, it can and the majority of the
time will have an effect on others around them.
Technology is getting more advanced each day
It is great that technology
is getting more advanced each day as it is better for us and how we can all
benefit from it; however it starts now from a young age that a lot of kids and
younger children start to use technology which overall can have a big impact on
themselves and their life ahead of them. From watching TV to playing on their
games and being on the computer, all of this is a lot for kids to do from a
young age.
Recently being talked about
in the news a lot is that obesity levels are rising
Young Kids and Technology
high and that it’s causing
health
issues for a lot of people. Kids are starting to become more obese and
so are adults. Being overweight and obesity can rise from how a person has
lived their life each and every day. The government are recently bringing new
schemes out to help people on the NHS lose weight by teaming up and joining weight-watchers referral scheme. This is a way to help people who can't afford
to lose weight or are not able to do it themselves have the ability to be able
to take that step to being healthier.
Weight Watcher provide NHS Weight Loss Referral Scheme
The team at skignz know how all
of this can have an impact. We sit at computers for the majority of the day
doing work and at the end of the day the first thing that is definitely not on
our list is to go home and be straight on another computer. We have seen how
widely talked about this is that the impact it can have on someone’s health.
Sitting at a computer desk most of the day is not good for our eyes, focus,
brain activity and more. It can affect the inside and outside of your body.
This is when we came across
this great piece of technology – health and personal care: Aerosure.
‘Aerosure
is a personal respiratory device that causes oscillation of the chest wall as
you breathe in and out.
Aerosure was developed by Dr Paul Sumners initially as
a device to stimulate the respiratory system for scientific research, but as it
progressed it was realised that the oscillation could do more than what had initially
been anticipated. Initially we tried to use it for respiratory muscle training
in a similar way to power breathe and it was effective but they soon realised
that the benefits of respiratory muscle training were limited.
This has enormous implications for lots of
conditions where breathlessness is a major symptom of disease progression.
Further in some patients whose oxygen saturation is low because of inadequate
ventilation of the lungs they saw an increase in oxygen saturation whilst the
patients were using Aerosure.
This suggests that Aerosure could be used as a
portable ventilator. This again has massive implications for diseases involving
loss of lung tissue or respiratory inefficiency. Further work is underway so it
is still early days but the future for Aerosure looks exciting’.
Aerosure - Personal and Healthcare Technology
This type of technology for
health and personal care is a great new advancement and will be sure to help a
lot of people in the future. Whoever may develop problems from whether it just is
natural causes or from the use of technology too much then this will be a great
benefit for them to have.
Keep a look out on the advancements
that this type of technology will make. We sure are going to, and just a last
small piece of advice, if you do have children maybe limit the use of
technology that they use each day. However don't just consider Aerosure for how it could affect you now and society, look at the long term prospect for the future. Aerosure can improve your health and help to keep you fit for longer allowing you to breathe easier and have clear airways. It is your direction to better health and keeping it that way.
It will keep them healthier for longer and
you never know just how much they may need to use it in the future with all the
advancements getting made each and every day as we go on. As we said, we sit at computers each day, which is definitely not good for our health or our body
weight, as we are not getting any meaningful exercise throughout the day.
If you would like to read up
more on this new health and personal care technology then please use the links
below. bit.ly/1tTBdvy - Aerosure Medic
If you would like to please
feel free to take a look at the rest of skignz blogger. There are a lot of
interesting articles on there that you may find interesting or useful to read
about and could maybe just benefit you in some way. www.skignz.com www.facebook.com/discoverskignz www.twitter.com/discoverskignz www.youtube.com/skignz
So we all know how much of an impact technology has in everyone’s lives now, and each day it is getting more advanced, more creative and more technological. That is why it is one of the biggest advancements in today world. Plus we all know just how big sports are in everyone’s life. Especially live sports. Each person, no matter who they are, will have that sport that is key in their lives and has a big impact on one of their main interests. Do you ever think just how much technology has had an impact on live sports. They are two of the largest growing interests in the world, and them both working together provides us with a greater interest in them together.
Let us have a look and see just how technology has had an impact on various kinds of sports.
Let’s start with Football.
Now football is huge, huge, huge, and technology became a massive part of football – Goal Line Technology. Goal line technology is a method used to determine when the ball has completely crossed the goal line with the assistance of electronic devices.
Two systems were implemented into the certain competitions in the professional game from nine originally tested in 2012 and have remained since. This technology was brought in to assist the referee in the decision making as to whether the ball has fully crossed the line or not. Now look at this great advancement that technology brought to football. It provided a more accurate scoring to the games and is one of the biggest evolutions of the modern game, similar to allowing substitutes and the wage cap football. Technology has and now plays a massive part in not only football but in the lives of the supporters as they now also rely on it.
Secondly let’s take a look at Cricket.
Cricket has a massive following the world over. The technology that got brought into cricket was the Hot Spot. Now cricket you have to be able to determine where the ball hit perfectly before making a decision.
That’s where the Hot Spot came around. It is an infrared imaging system used to determine whether the ball has stuck the batsman, bat or pad. It requires two infrared cameras on opposite sides of the playing ground above the field of play that are each constantly recording an image. Any suspicions from the game can be verified by examining the infrared image which usually shows a bright spot where contact friction from the ball has elevated the local temperature.
This technology is used to provide accuracy within the game. This just shows how great the technology created for this game is and just how much of an impact it can have within cricket matches.
Thirdly let’s take a look at Tennis. In Tennis they use a system called Hawk-Eye. Now what this technology system does is it ensures that high pressure points do not fall prey to umpiring mistakes, it brings the fans closer to the action. It shows whether a ball was in or out on stadium big screens and televisions at home.
Hawk-Eye allows the audience and viewers to feel like they are actually there and a part of the game, bringing a whole new dimension to television coverage and fascinating tennis fans worldwide. This technology, Hawk-Eye was the first and only ball-tracking technology to have passed stringent ITF testing measures and is now an integral part of the ATP, WTA and ITF tennis tours. The technology for Tennis is one of the best and became straight away part of the rules.
Fourthly Golf.
Golf has had a lot of technology around its sporting attribute. For Golf, technology has provided a way for Golf to be able to let its fans and supporters to be able to play a game of Golf through simulation and let it seem like players are in a real time video flying through the course they are playing hole by hole.
This technology that got invented for Golf has become so popular with a lot of people that it is easily to be found in a lot of places now. The simulation technology allows Golf supporters to make it feel like when they want to play a game of Golf or learn how to do it they can play through a simulation game indoors, providing them with a great, satisfying experience.
All of the above sports are now using technology to improve their games and help apply the rules fairly to each game so that no conflict arises and it is a fair game. Each different kind of sports is now also using apps so that people can bet at events with their chosen bookmaker.
This allows people to interact with the game and sport on a more personal level allowing them to be involved when and where they wish to be. To make it easier for people to use the apps to be able to make bets and interact with the games more, Wi-Fi is now assisted in stadiums, gaming areas and at other outdoor live events to save people using their own connection and rely on the technology that is provided on the day of the event and by that certain brand/company.
Technology plays a massive parts in live sports as it not only assists everyone such as the game, players, supporters, fans, it enables people to make more accurate decisions on how the game went. In addition and probably more importantly it allow supports, viewers and fans to feel like they are a part of the game on a more personal level and finally it encourages people to keep on supporting that sport and provide a lifetime commitment which was started through technology providing everyone’s with the ability to do all of the above.
Looking at which technology was used within different kinds of sports, we wonder just how it has that impact on different areas within sport.
Let us start with the competition that is within sport. For each competitor playing a game the technology allows them to know that the game can only be played fairly and that no cheating can be done.
For them this is a relief as somewhere along the way maybe many years ago cheating within games will have gone on and not a fair win will have been provided as there was no evidence until new technology advancements came around.
For the live audience, the technology advancements have allowed them to get a greater view and judgement of the game themselves and feel like they have become a part of the game. It allows them to feel like they are more involved if they can clearly see and understand what has happened more and let them make judgements for themselves.
Technology provides the same assistance for the 'integrity of the game' to equal fair play throughout the game. It allows the players and referees to know that the game can only be judged as fairly as no mistakes and cheating can be made with the new technology that has been provided to different live sports.
It allows the performance of the players to be judged carefully and let the audience see also just how well they play and how fairly they play throughout the game.
Technology provided within sports now had allowed the empowerment and enforcing of the rules to be more legit and accurate. The technology that was provided for Tennis 'Hawk-Eye' became a legit part of the rules instantly, changing the empowerment of the rules for the game and the aspect of it. The different types of technology provide statistics and data more easily for people to be able to find as it can now collect it all and store it as a result of the game and what happened within each game within each sport.
Hawk-Eye also enables the showing replays of action on the cameras and televisions within the stadium which provides more assistance for the audience and players again and makes the audience feel like they are more involved within the game and for those who may have a restricted view get a better sense of what happens throughout the match.
This technology has provided great opportunities within each sport and provided a whole new aspect and outlook on what happens now within each live sporting game.
So what is coming next for live sports and technology? Well with technology being more advanced each day there are a lot of opportunities that could become available such as camera drones, stadiums increasing their connectivity with super Wi-Fi so people can access content across their phones faster? Who knows?, but there is still a lot to come with technology for live sports that will look at improving even more on the events than how they are how.
However one type of technology that is advanced and can be used at live sport events is skignz. skignz is been 'mooted' as the next way for live sports to be viewed at the events with the same information available to those watching it on TV – such as Sky Sports multi-channel display with fanzone, commentary, statistics, replay etc...
All of these can be built into separate channels with skignz so that it can be seen whilst watching the game live at the venue or location of where the sport is taking place! skignz can make that infrastructure visible and visually appealing to the live audience.
Sound good?
skignz is fast becoming one of the best new technologies at live sport events and most likely will be in the future, just keep watching that space.
So thinking about how much technology has already made an impact and what is to come, skignz can assist all of that and more with the technology created and what could be provided at future events.
If you would like to read more to find out just exactly what we do, have done and to see just how great it is, then please follow the links below to our social media sites, website and YouTube channel to see some of the great work that we have already done and plan to do for the future.
Social media and technology now compared to the past is an
important part of almost everyone’s lives. No matter how young or old you are
you will have some form of social media in your life. The majority of this is
all done through your mobile device. Now we all know that it is important
almost essential to have a mobile device for calls and texts and to get in
touch with everyone now and then but we don't need it all the time for
everything. We have become that attached to it that it feels like we have
literally lost a limb when we lose our phone. We feel like we cannot do
anything or get in touch with anyone. That’s how much it has made an impact on
our lives.
But think of how much you are missing out on in the world
when you have your head down constantly on your mobile keeping yourself to
yourself and not interacting socially. Thought about it?
What did people do years ago? There was no mobile phones and
technology like there is today. People had to communicate and find out
information in different ways. They had to either write letters to each other,
telecommunicate even pigeon letters at some point (although that’s going back
quite a while now). However my point is that even though we have all of this
amazing new technology we don't have to miss out on the world. Technology is developed
and getting developed currently now that allows you to see the world and not
miss out on opportunities and being personally social while using your mobile
device.
Consider just how many important things happen in your life
daily, monthly and yearly. Yet half of those you will miss the opportunity of
experiencing them fully because you relied on your mobile device to assist you
and social media. That isn't what you want. You may think at the time you are
experiencing everything fully however you are not, your mobile is. Such as
going for jobs. You will be searching for them ‘looking down’ on your mobile
device a lot of the time, when really an opportunity could be straight in front
of your eyes if you only just 'looked up'. You may walk past that job advert
sign or that person that could be looking for someone currently as you relied
on your mobile phone to help you find a job.
Think about when you are travelling. A lot of people travel
each year, over 1 Billion. When you go travelling you want to have fun and experience
the place while you are there. You like to take interest in what you do and
what you see. So what do you do? You take a photo or video on your mobile
phone. Then what… you upload it to some form of social media site. You're not
really enjoying the full experience for yourself. Yes it is nice to take a
photo and upload it to social media for others to see, but not all the time and
not just the point of going travelling. It is your interest, so make it your
interest, don’t just do it for likes and to be seen as popular.
So what can you do to make sure you are always looking up
and not down?
You need some form of technology that allows you to do all of the above and
keep a look out on the world in-front of you.
We have one word. skignz.
At this instant you may be thinking what is skignz or yes I
know about skignz but how does this help me.
Well that is what skignz is all about. We want to open up
the world and every opportunity to you so you don't need to miss a thing again. How do we do this? We do this by having created outstanding technology that is free
for you to use and will improve your experience of whatever you do.
skignz is a free app that you can download. It places a
virtual sign in the sky so that you can see it through your mobile device. You
do this by pre loading your skignz account using google maps so that when you
arrive where you were going, you can load up skignz on your mobile device and
there will be a sign in the sky (skignz) where you previously placed it.
There is a lot of information you can read on this on our
social media sites, our blog, our YouTube channel and also our website.
So how does this help? Well you want to see the world and be
more sociable whilst on your phone, trying to find where you are going or
trying to meet some friend’s etc... We help you with this. With skignz you look
through your screen onto the world outside, you're not blocking it out you are
still seeing out onto the world while doing what you are doing on your mobile
device.
Now skignz isn't just about trying to help you navigate,
although it is one of the best to use for this, it is a great social tool for
you and your friends. You can communicate with them, arrange to meet them and
still find out what they are up to as you can see each other profiles through
skignz. You will be doing all of this while looking up and not looking down.
Just have a really good think about it. You know yourself
that you are missing out on a lot when you keep your head cascaded down into
your mobile phone, you are missing out on a lot of opportunities that could
change your life, even if it is just a small change, it still makes a
difference.
All I would like you to do after reading this is sit down,
have a look at your phone and think to yourself – do I keep my head down a lot?
How much do I actually miss out on? Am I too busy being nosy in everyone else
life to notice my own as much? I need to download skignz now for free?
All of them questions will help you realise that you don't want to spend the rest of your time looking down and not up, so much happens in
your life and in the world, so don't go missing out on anymore. Change your
life now and make a change for yourself. We can guarantee that skignz will make
that small change for you that you look for.
If you would like to find out anymore information on skignz
then please use the links below to check out our social media sites and
websites. If you have any queries at all, then please don't hesitate to ask any
one of us.
