The winter sport, Curling is all about friction. Players brush the ice to melt it to create a more slippery ground for the curling stone to slide upon.
The slapshot in Hockey is the game's fastest and hardest shot. Physicists take a look at the elastic collisions and transfer of kinetic energy in the shot.
Engineers and scientists in the US are creating more aerodynamic suits for athletes for Team USA in the Winter Olympics to optimize their speed and reduce drag so they can perform their best.
After determining which broom is the fastest, the CyberSquad needs to find out the speed of each broom in order to make it on TV. They measure the distance that each broom travels in five seconds and calculate the speed per second based on their measurements. Digit uses the Squak Pad to illustrate how they arrived to the solution.