The majestic appeal of the Tour de France is its winding route for 2,200 miles through 21 stages, five mountain and four countries on the 2017 course, but that sprawling route creates challenges not just for the riders but also for the broadcasters. The standard contextual clues in other sports that fans can rely on […]
Deloitte has built a real-time race analysis tool for African pro-cycling’s Team Dimension Data for Qhubeka, as part of an expanded sponsorship designed to enhance the team’s performance during the Tour de France. Deloitte has designed two apps — the Deloitte Smart Map and Race Monitor — that will gather and analyze hundreds of open-source […]
Boxing’s most powerful punchers and most brutal bouts have always been the source of heated debates, but they may no longer need to be tinged with such subjectivity. Earlier this year, French wearables company PIQ Sport Intelligence teamed up with the boxing apparel heavyweight Everlast on a wrist-worn sensor that can measure and analyze the […]
Towards the end of September, students from undergraduates to PhDs will fill up a room in New York City, log onto their computers, and spend 24 hours creating potential solutions to the NBA’s most pressing analytics problems in the league’s second annual NBA Hackathon. The first hackathon in September 2016 was much smaller in scale. […]
SAP, a German technology company with a rich history in extreme sailing sponsorships and analytics, has developed a new virtual-reality experience that places fans on a replica catamaran, where they can watch sailors race up close alongside a stream of relevant data. “When you get to sit on the boat virtually, you almost feel how […]
