For as long as sports have been the world’s primary source of entertainment, their officials — from umpires to referees to judges — have made (or neglected to make) subjective calls, which regularly cause discord throughout the sports world. The introduction of large-scale instant replay in recent years, though, has done much to alleviate this […]
Technology is altering the way we experience sports at every level. In 2018, the PyeongChang Winter Olympics plans to follow this trend. On May 13, the South Korean government announced its plans to implement technological advancements for the 2018 Winter Games. The government plans to break language barriers, as well as alter the way viewers and attendants experience the […]
Baseball has hardly changed from the simple game that Alexander Cartwright fathered in 1845 — and while that lack of change has made baseball a unifier that transcends race, generation, and more, it also means baseball has its fair share of archaic moments. Nowhere are these moments more glaring than in baseball’s slow pace, and […]
Fujitsu Laboratories is teaming up with the Japan Gymnastics Association to create a new 3D laser sensor and data processing program that will help with scoring an athlete in competition. As gymnastic techniques become more advanced, “it is difficult to accurately judge and score a performance with the naked eye,” said Fujitsu and the gymnastics association. […]
Samsung has developed a new swim cap to help blind swimmers navigate in the pool. The Blind Cap was developed with the help of Cheil Spain, a Spanish communications agency, and the Spanish Paralympics Committee to help improve the current and less efficient method, which has been used since blind swimming became a Paralympic sport. Until now blind […]
