Last year the Los Angeles Dodgers and R/GA formed a unique accelerator program that took ten sports technology startups and combined them with the business expertise and networks of the ballclub and international advertising agency. This first program ended on November 10th with the founders of all ten companies pitching their newly polished ventures on […]
It has been well documented that technology has played a major role in the Olympics this year in Rio. Athletes are using technology to train smarter, wearing specialized equipment to compete stronger and are recovering faster and more effectively all due to advances in technology and new innovations. Barbara Kendall has seen this transformation in a way in which few […]
Horse racing is on the brink of being a sport to benefit massively from technology and sports science. As so often is discovered, technology is only as good as the benefit it provides to the end user. It’s no good having a telescope if you don’t know where the stars are. But how do you […]
As the Rio Olympics captivate sports fans worldwide, tremendous branding opportunities, and potential pitfalls, for companies (official Olympic sponsors or not) and athletes abound. Craig Howe, CEO and Founder of Rebel Ventures was kind enough to lend his digital expertise and discuss why these Rio Olympics are different than any other Games due to the abundance of live […]
In 1896, the world was first introduced to photography being used in the Summer Olympic games in Athens. Ever since this debut, every Olympic games has had human camera operators photograph pictures throughout the summer, at least until the 2012 London Olympics. Now four years later, Getty Images has accelerated the use on non-human cameramen at […]
