Last Fall BMW teased Winter Olympics fans with a concept sketch of the two-man bobsled it was designing for the U.S. Men’s Bobsled Team. But with the season officially starting this past Saturday, the design, which will hopefully help the two-man team win their first gold medal since 1936, was finally unveiled. More »
NBC may have retired its Olympic spirit by repurposing its dedicated app, but Sony’s sporting fever hasn’t broken, as its just announced the Meb Keflezighi Edition Walkman W Series. A special edition orange hue graces the third-time Olympic marathoner’s device and, like the other players in the line, it features a water resistant design, a quick-charge mode and an eight hour battery life when fully juiced. Twenty-four minutes of audio coaching by Meb himself are preloaded into the player’s 2GB memory, which is estimated to store roughly 470 songs. Eager to hear the athlete’s dulcet tones as you pound the pavement? You can pick up the player for $69.99 at Sony’s online and brick-and-mortar stores, or wait until October for its arrival at Walmart.
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Sony unveils Meb Keflezighi Edition Walkman W Series, fills it with the marathoner’s coaching wisdom originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 06 Sep 2012 08:47:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Remember the Olympic ban on WiFi hotspots to ensure the games’ corporate sponsors could sell you back access at a premium? The threat to seize or eject anyone caught using such gear seemed hollow — after all, how could you be found in a crowd of 90,000? It turns out, LOCOG have employed WiFi police, chasing down unauthorized signals with their big red detectors. Although we should give them some credit — you’ll certainly see them coming from a mile away.
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You’ve heard of the Child Catcher? Meet the WiFi Snatcher originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 02 Aug 2012 08:33:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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While the athletes sweat it out at the Oklympic Games to bring home a gold medal after all those hours of training, here we are with another way for you to participate in the London games without having to break a sweat – through the form of the official London 2012 Facebook game. You are able to play this in 8 languages, namely Chinese, English, French, German, Japanese, Korean, Russian, and Spanish.
I guess it has a lot to do with construction, where you are required to build your very own Olympic Games City, not to mention assist your Facebook friends in host the greatest sporting event on earth. This particular official game hails from Neowiz Internet, and hopefully you are able to create the best Olympic Games City that you can think of. Got to love the isometric view and graphics, it does remind me somewhat of SimCity and the ilk from long ago when 3D graphics on your machine were still a pipe dream.
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Sure, the 2012 Olympics may be gearing up for HD, 3D and even Super Hi-Vision broadcasts, but that doesn’t mean still photography has lost its appeal. In fact, Reuters photographers Fabrizio Bensch and Pawel Kopczynski are taking Olympic photography to the next level, perching remote-controlled camera rigs in stadium rafters. The system, which the duo has been developing since 2009, can turn, adjust focus and receive commands wirelessly. Once stills are snapped, they’re sent to an editing system and then off to distribution. The team is spending more than 12 hours a day installing the cams at different Olympic venues before the games kick off on July 27th. In the meantime, you can sprint to the source for photos of the setup.
Reuters cooks up remote camera rigs for 2012 Olympics, mounts them where humans can’t tread originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 06 Jul 2012 05:58:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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