![]() ![]() ![]() He inhabits a world where millions of people watch their sporting heroes compete using his handiwork.īased just outside Nuremberg in Germany, Lucas has worked on projects ranging from ball design to sports clothing and high-performance footwear. For Tim Lucas, mechanical engineering has taken him about as far away from greasy overalls as it is possible to get. Not a new stadium, TV camera or even the medics’ stretcher – it was the ball.Īsk the average person in the street what mechanical engineers do, and you’re likely to get a picture of a man with a spanner and dirt under his fingernails. After more than five years of engineering research and development, their creation was about to be put to the test. AS GERMANY and Costa Rica lined up in the opening game of the 2006 World Cup, one group of engineers was watching with nervous anticipation.
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