Spectators watching the 2020 Olympics will likely notice something different about the taekwondo competition. When the Summer Games go to Tokyo, martial arts fans will be able to watch taekwondo in 360-degree 4K video, according to an announcement from World Taekwondo. The ultra high-definition panoramic cameras would bring fans unprecedented views of the fighters’ technique […]
Andrea Eskau, a German Paralympic athlete, is the best in the world at what she does. Road cycling gold in Beijing, London and Rio de Janeiro along with biathlon and cross-country skiing gold in Sochi proves it. Over the last five years, Toyota Motorsport GmbH has played a crucial role in Eskau’s success. It designed the […]
As anticipation builds for the 2020 Summer Olympic Games in Tokyo, the Japanese are also looking at their past when the Olympics were last held in the capital city in 1964. They’ll look at the city back then using virtual reality — with the help of old photographs. 1964 Tokyo VR is seeking photos of […]
With the hope of reaching relay improvement at the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo, the Canadian swim team has announced a partnership with TritonWear, a Toronto-based sports technology company. The use of TritonWear’s technology beginning next month will allow coaches and athletes to have access to information that has historically been unavailable, allowing the team to […]
One of the world’s largest automakers is entering the flying-car race. Fifteen Toyota Group companies, including Toyota Motor Corporation, have pledged financial support to Cartivator Resource Management, a Japanese non-profit organization that is developing a flying car called SkyDrive. “I would like to thank all those that have supported us until now and to extend […]
