Apr 21
After a year of ballooning costs, delays, and controversy over its labor practices
Apr 04
It does seem to be pretty common to see cameras make an appearance in various aspects of our lives, and when it comes to the world of sports, new technologies and better lenses have resulted in ever more intimate angles of our heroes decked out in their jerseys and sports get-up as they attempt to create history or pull off what seems to be an impossible move. Sports equipment giant Adidas has successfully developed the Brazucam soccer ball that will see action at this summer’s World Cup in Brazil, where the Brazucam will boast of half a dozen high definition cameras that will record the game from never-seen-before angles.
As for the kind of angle that one can expect, it will most probably result in an extremely dizzying result, especially when players on the field slice the soccer ball in such a fierce manner to evoke quite a spin to evade defenders and make its way into the goal. Adidas intends to roll out a new video on its YouTube channel every week as the ball makes its way around the world before arriving at the World Cup in Brazil. What next, having players’ jerseys carry some sort of integrated GoPro cams that have been miniaturized?
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Mar 09
Rio is currently pouring its energy into building stadiums, housing, and roads to host the World Cup next summer and the Olympics in 2016. But in the process, the city is uncovering relics of its past—including evidence of its one-time reign as the busiest slave port in the Americas.
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Feb 26
Qatar’s overtly yonic World Cup facility has also been the cause of a staggering number of construction deaths
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Nov 29
Now that we know which 32 football nations will be on the quest for global domination in Brazil, FIFA, the sport’s governing body, decided it was the right time to release a set of apps for iOS and Android. These official applications, which are free of charge, provide fans with access to a ton of footie-related stuff, including news, videos, photos and match results from nearly 200 leagues. The FIFA app also lets you mark up to three national teams, clubs and competitions as favorites, allowing easy access to information from those followed the most. Better yet, FIFA’s going to be using its new mobile ware to stream the 2014 World Cup Final Draw on December 6th, so you’ll be able to see in real-time what road lies ahead for your country.
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Source: App Store (iPhone), (iPad), Google Play
Nov 22
Graffiti we’re going to miss, more cokehead politicians, doomed vagina stadiums, and your weekly Rob Ford report. It’s time to check in once again to see What’s Ruining Our Cities.
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Nov 18
Don’t hate Zaha Hadid’s new World Cup stadium because it looks like a vagina
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Aug 20
When the 2014 FIFA World Cup kicks off in Brazil next year, matches will take place inside of Mineirão Stadium, a 50-year-old venue that was in ruins only a decade ago. But thanks to some careful renovations at the hands of BCMF Arquitetos, it’s new again—and ready for a little soccer action.
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Jul 19
All the Major Sport Competitions Since 1903 Condensed In Beautiful Circular Graphics [Design]
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If you like sports and awesome data visualization, you will love these posters, which can be printed to order in beautiful paper. You can choose the final playoffs of every major sport event since 1903—427 brackets from the American MLB, NFL, NBA, NHL, and MLS to the European Champions League, the UEFA Euro and FIFA’s World Cup. More »
Jul 03
Spanish researchers to train FIFA referees on calling plays with stereoscopic 3D, won’t help catch dives
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Spain might be on Cloud Nine after clinching victory in UEFA’s Euro 2012, but a team at the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid isn’t resting easy. To help referees know when they should blow the whistle, researchers have recorded 500 simulated offside soccer (yes, football) plays in stereoscopic 3D to give refs a more immersive sense of what it’s like to make the call on the pitch. The hope is to have FIFA more quickly and accurately stopping play without having to spend too much actual time on the grass. We don’t yet know how many referees if any will be trained on the system by the 2014 World Cup, or if it will spread to other leagues — what we do know is that no amount of extra immersion is needed to catch a theatrically fake injury.
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