{"id":22254,"date":"2014-06-13T08:00:34","date_gmt":"2014-06-13T12:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/?p=22254"},"modified":"2014-06-13T07:47:01","modified_gmt":"2014-06-13T11:47:01","slug":"recently-insports-tech","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/2014\/06\/recently-insports-tech.html","title":{"rendered":"Recently in\u2026Sports Tech"},"content":{"rendered":"

Over the next month, football (soccer to folks in the United States) fans will be fixated on the drama unfolding in Brazil. Leading up to the international tournament, a large amount of discussion has focused on technology. In each of the 12 stadiums hosting games, a 14-camera system, called GoalControl<\/a><\/strong>, will determine whether the ball has crossed the goal line. GoalControl is the latest example of the growing relationship between sport and technology. The Internet of Things<\/a><\/strong> has become the Internet of Sports. Now game planning, fan experience and equipment design are experiencing a revolution courtesy of Big Data, connected devices and CAD software. Read how these advancements are influencing international play in this week\u2019s Recently in\u2026Sports Tech.<\/p>\n

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If You Can’t Win the Stanley Cup, You Can At Least Stalk It<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Every year, the Stanley Cup, the National Hockey League\u2019s championship trophy embarks on a global victory tour. Spanning continents, crossing time zones and uniting hockey fans from Vancouver to Prague and beyond, each player on the NHL\u2019s championship team has an opportunity to bring the iconic Cup to his hometown. The Cup\u2019s adventures have become mythology over the years. During its travels, the Cup has baptized Swedish children, served as a feed bag for a Kentucky Derby winner and, most commonly, been used as a giant beverage container for pub patrons. In the era of connected devices, it was only a matter of time before the Cup became part of the Internet of Things. Want to know when the Cup visits your neighborhood? You guessed it hockey fans. There\u2019s an app for that.<\/p>\n

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Big Data Meets Big-Time Basketball<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Former National Basketball Player Rasheed Wallace once famously stated, \u201cBall don\u2019t lie.\u201d Wallace\u2019s proclamation was in reference to an opposing player missing free throws after benefitting from a questionable foul call. The belief from Wallace\u2019s perspective was that if the foul call was accurate, the player would have sunk his free throws. Sounds like the kind of logic you\u2019d hear at a medieval heretic trial or a Moon Door<\/strong><\/a> trial by combat in Game of Thrones. Since the SportVU player tracking system appeared during the NBA\u2019s 2009-2010 season, philosophy has ceded ground to fact. Through a six-camera system, SportVU tracks the ball and each player on the court in real-time at a rate of 25 frames per second. The information recorded from the cameras is then fed into analysis software, allowing coaches to evaluate performance and prepare future game plans. The hope is that SportVU can bring big data to sports at a Minority Report level \u2013 in other words, the Spurs defense can anticipate Lebron James\u2019 next move based on historical tendencies.<\/p>\n

Designing the World\u2019s Fastest Bobsled<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

The Bo-Dyn Bobsled Project Inc. is the result of former NASCAR driver Geoff Bodine\u2019s quest to build an American-made, medal-winning bobsled. After watching the USA team struggle using discarded European sleds at the 1992 Winter Olympics, Bodine applied his high-speed racing know-how with Cuneo\u2019s design engineering skills to create a new generation of bobsleds with help from SOLIDWORKS. The result of their collaboration led to a new bobsled design, the \u201cNight Train,\u201d which helped earn Gold in Vancouver and Bronze in Sochi.<\/p>\n

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Night Train in SOLIDWORKS<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In bobsledding, hundredths of a second are often the difference between first and second place. Speed isn\u2019t just a factor \u2013 it is the<\/em> factor. SOLIDWORKS CEO Bertrand Sicot had the opportunity to witness this from the Night Train\u2019s cockpit. If, like me, you\u2019re interested in experiencing what it\u2019s like zipping around in a sled at 90+ miles per hour, but prefer to do it from the comfort of your home, watch this video and let Bertrand take on the track for you.<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Fy58kl6KahI<\/a><\/p>\n

Learn more about what goes into building Team USA\u2019s bobsled<\/a><\/strong> on our website, where you can see the Bo-Dyn team present on stage at SOLIDWORKS World 2014, as well as download our infographic on bobsled design.<\/p>\n

Make sure to visit the SOLIDWORKS blog next week as we focus on football and the technologies that have changed the world\u2019s game since 1863.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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