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Tech NewsShooting Challenge: The 2014 World Cup
The World Cup is upon us, and this weekend, it comes to an end with one last match between Germany and Argentina. For this week’s Shooting Challenge, we want to see your photos of this year’s World Cup (even if it’s just a viewing party from your couch!). The Challenge Take a photo of World … Continued
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This “Brazil World Cup riot” picture is actually from 2013
You’re probably seeing a lot of this picture being tweeted right now. People are saying it’s a riot unfolding in response to today’s World Cup game. It’s not—the picture is from 2013. You can see the original here. [H/T Conz Preti] Factually is Gizmodo’s new blog of fun facts, interesting photos, and weird trivia. Join … Continued
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These Posters For Every World Cup Since 1930 Were Made By One Designer
The semi-finals of the World Cup begin today, and soccer, er, football fever—though slightly dimmer now Stateside—is ramping back up for the rest of the world. Which makes it a perfect time to check in with one superfan-slash-designer, who redesigned each official World Cup poster for fun. James Campbell Taylor, a NYC-based graphic designer, took … Continued
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Tech NewsHow To Make Soccer Popular in America: Play It With Giant Slingshots
Leave it to Joerg Sprave, the internet’s favorite slingshot-building madman, to finally come up with a guaranteed way to make all Americans love soccer. Instead of the players being limited to only using their feet, they should all be allowed to carry this soccer-ball-firing slingshot that can easily propel a ball the length of the … Continued
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Statistical Proof That Lionel Messi Is the Best Soccer Player On Earth
Over at FiveThirtyEight Sports, Benjamin Morris makes a thoroughly convincing case that Argentina’s Lionel Messi is the world’s best soccer player. Even if you’re not big on sportsball, the statistical rigor in Morris’ analysis –and the athletic supremacy revealed thereby – is enough to make any data nerd squee. What Morris’ number-running makes clear is … Continued
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Tech NewsAudi Turned 28 Cars Into a Giant World Cup Scoreboard For Manhattan
In what could turn out to be yet another vain attempt to get most Americans to like—or even mildly appreciate—soccer, Audi created a giant World Cup scoreboard made from something the country definitely loves: Cars. Assembled on the shores of Greenpoint, Brooklyn, the scoreboard was built using 42 shipping containers stacked to form a giant … Continued
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Great Game of Thrones Soccer Uniforms Prove We Need A Westeros World Cup
You might have heard there’s some kind of soccer/futbol/football sporting event happening this week. I assumed that’s what inspired artist Nerea Palacios to design these amazing Nike-style, Game of Thrones soccer uniforms for the major Houses of Westeros. They’re fantastic. Palacios even gets the Tullys and Boltons into the game: Note: If any professional FIFA … Continued
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Tech NewsBrazil’s Soccer Team Has Smart Gatorade Bottles That Track Hydration
Everyone knows you should drink plenty of fluids when playing sports, but hydration actually becomes an exact science when the pride of your nation is at stake during something like the World Cup. That’s why at this year’s tournament, Brazil’s soccer team is using specially-designed Gatorade bottles that track how much the players are drinking. … Continued
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Uruguay Claims the Luis Suárez Soccer Bite Is a Photoshop Hoax
Earlier this week, Luis Suarez—Uruguay’s talented but controversial soccer player—appeared to bite Giorgio Chiellini in a World Cup match. Now, though, Uruguay’s Football Association claims that he’s on the receiving end of a cruel Photoshop hoax. https://deadspin.com/the-gross-things-caused-by-human-bite-wounds-and-luis-1595921937 Speaking with the Guardian, Suárez’s lawyer, Alejandro Balbi, claimed that he was going “to use all the arguments … Continued
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80 Years of World Cup Ticket Designs
FIFA World Cup 2014 is underway, and for those lucky spectators who have managed to get a ticket for one or more of the tournament matches, it’s a little piece of print design they’ll probably cherish for years to come. This post originally appeared on Creative Bloq. But one thing’s for sure, that design will … Continued
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Three New Chrome Games Quench Your Soccer Lust Between World Cup Games
Even after waiting four years for it to roll around again, the World Cup isn’t wall-t0-wall matches. There are breaks in-between the games that need to be filled while you wait for the action to start up again. Drinking the hours away is one solution, but Google has a more sober suggestion: A collection of … Continued
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This Site Turns Each World Cup Game Into a Graphic Design Smackdown
If it hit you this weekend that maybe, possibly watching soccer isn’t really your thing, perhaps this is your way to get a piece of the World Cup action: See how two designers visualize each match in a poster created during the time it takes to play each game. The site 326490 launched last week, … Continued
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The Story Behind the Foam That World Cup Refs Use To Stop Cheating
If you’ve been enjoying any of the World Cup matches over the last several days, you’ve likely seen a new addition to the referee’s arsenal: a spray-on foam. And if you’re not a soccer expert, you’ve probably wondered where it came from. So what is this stuff and how do I get it off my … Continued
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Tech NewsThis App Can Tell If a Soccer Ball Needs Air By Listening To It Bounce
Nothing tops talent when it comes to how well a soccer player performs on the field, but believe it or not, how inflated (or under-inflated) a soccer ball is can affect how the ball moves when kicked. You can throw your antiquated pressure gauge away, though, because there’s now an app called BallTune that can … Continued
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This Galactic Mass of Soccer Balls Were Found in Oceans Around the World
Fútbol fever is going around. And for every Wold Cup superstar on a global stage, there are tons of amateurs out there playing around with their own, non-regulation balls. The sad reality is a lot of those get tossed out before their time, and the sadder reality is that many of them end up clogging … Continued
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Tech NewsSploidI wish all the World Cup matches could be played on these trick mats
This might only be an ad but when I saw these guys back flipping and jumping over each other while playing soccer on inflatable trick mats I couldn’t believe what I was seeing. The action is real and it is performed by professionals—so don’t get too excited about doing this anytime soon. SPLOID is a … Continued
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Tech NewsSploidThe World Cup should be played with 6-foot helium-filled soccer balls
Most Americans just don’t have the same zeal for soccer—or football—as the rest of the world does. But if a giant six-foot wide helium-filled soccer ball were used instead of those regulation balls, maybe more people would tune in here to watch the World Cup. You can actually buy this giant ball from VAT19 to … Continued
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A Brief History of Every Official World Cup Ball Since 1930
Every year, the World Cup is played with a new ball. That makes it unique—after all, few other sports reinvent the wheel every four years. But this element of uncertainty is also exciting, and it means that soccer ball technology has come a long, long way since the 1930s—when World Cup balls were still inflated … Continued
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Three World Cup Stadiums That Are Actually Good For Brazil
The 12 stadiums currently seeing World Cup action are not created equal. The dozen venues for the games are a mix of something old, something new, something temporary that will be taken down after the last goal is kicked. And not all of them have turned out to deliver the hopes and dreams promised (a … Continued