With the London Olympics already in full gear, it is evident that technology has come about to play a huge role in all kinds of sports. From using new equipment to measure time accurately, to better cameras which can capture frames more precisely and quickly, technology is integrated deep into London Olympics.
The inauguration of London Olympics 2012 has been praised immensely. Many spectators observed the events by being on the spot. They shared their excitements and opinions to other people via messaging and twittering. But on Sunday, sports fans attending the London Olympic 2012 had been told to avoid non-urgent text messages and tweets during events because it was generating overload to data networks and hence television coverage was being affected.
Technology has long become an integral part of sports. From ensuring accurate results to enabling the sportsmen improve their performance, technology has already been extensively used. However, what is rather different about London Olympics 2012 is that it is actively making use of mobile technology in a lot of sports.
Before Olympics Games 2012 kicked off, NBC was being hailed as one of the channels who will be extensively covering the event. However, as soon as the event started, we all realized that NBC wasn’t going to cover the even live – rather it is tape-delaying a lot of events. While that in itself angered the viewers, NBC committed yet another blunder.
Olympics are an occasion of huge significance for the international community. Billions of people from around the globe are going to watch the games this year, so naturally the organisers want the cutting-edge technology to be a part of this event. Given below is a quick list of the technologies that are being used in Olympics 2012.
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London Olympics 2012 is in full gear, and London is literally at the center of international attention, now. The Olympic games have attracted hundreds of thousands of people to London, providing the city a golden opportunity to grow further. A very interesting infographic provides a fleeting glimpse at Olympics 2012 and the city of London.
The curtains of Olympic Games 2012 is opening right now in London Olympic Stadium. As the whole stadium will be fully crowded with 80000 visitors in the galleries alone, questions could naturally come regarding its strength, its building methods and used technology. London Olympic Stadium is the lightest, most flexible and most sustainable ever built, so to say. You will find more intriguing facts about it below.
The 2012 London Olympics will kickstart on July 27th. The British authorities have made a lot of arrangement for the huge event and are trying to make the security as fool-proof as possible. The authorities have dished out a detailed list of items which would be banned from Olympics venues. Surprisingly, wireless hotposts are a part of this list.