How Predictive Technology Will Impact Major League Baseball
A predictive technology arms race between batter and pitcher may not be far off. The newest trend in technology is being coined “predictive technology,” and includes applications such as Google Now, Tempo AI, and MindMeld. Predictive technology is applications using your personal information to help predict what information you need or may need at any given point in time. This bears quite a bit of a resemblance to mind reading yes, but here’s the difference: this is real. Predictive technology has already surfaced in our society. Some examples are health wristbands that athletes wear to tell them when they need to refuel, or the Mamori mouth guard that can tell whether a player has a concussion or not. These gadgets...