It’s only when you grow up and step back from him – or leave him for your own home – it’s only then that you can measure his greatness and fully appreciate it. ~Margaret Truman
When a father gives to his child, both laugh; when a child gives to his/her father, both cry. Kudos to the team at EmotionalFulls for this wonderful tribute to fathers everywhere.
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Technology is heavily used in many major and international sports events, for instance 6.6 pounds makes all the difference between a gold and a silver medal in the 100-meter butterfly event back in the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Badly designed uniforms can take out a whole team, like what happened to team USA in the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics recently. In badminton, line-call technology is now used to assist line judges for when players challenge their ball is “in or out” calls.
The FIFA World Cup is also no stranger to technological innovation. The 1970 World Cup, for instance, was the first one to be broadcast in colour. For the first time, footballs fans get to watch matches live on TV from their living rooms and see their favorite teams’ uniforms in all its glorious colors. This upcoming 2014 will be no different when it comes to debuting new technologies in the world of football and international sports.
Let’s check out some of the highlights to look forward to.
Goal line technology may well prove to be the most important, and notable, new technology to make its debut at the World Cup. It’s been used in European club football over the past year, most notably in the English Premier League, as well as in some smaller international competitions, but the World Cup is going to be the biggest footballing event to ever implement goal line technology.
After an extended period of trials and testing, FIFA appointed GoalControl GmbH as the official provider of goal line technology for the 2014 World Cup. Goal line technology aims to assist referees in making calls on whether the ball has crossed the goal line and whether a goal should be awarded.
It does this by using 14 high-speed cameras positioned around the stadium which track the position of the ball in 3D. When the ball crosses either goal line, the referee will be alerted via a wristwatch that’s synced to the GoalControl system.
You only need to look back at Geoff Hurst’s 1966 World Cup Final goal for England against West Germany and Frank Lampard’s controversially disallowed goal in the 2010 World Cup to see how goal line technology will help the sport and referee decisions.
4K has to be one of the more interesting developments in display technology recently. We’re all used to our HD 1080p displays, but 4K takes things way beyond that, with a display resolution of 3840 x 2160 pixels. And what better way to take advantage of this new high-resolution technology than to watch the World Cup in all its 4K glory?
Well, Sony and FIFA have joined forces to do just that: broadcast certain World Cup 2014 matchesin glorious 4K resolution. However, they’re not going to be broadcasting the whole World Cup in 4K. Instead, Sony’s aim with this partnership is to more towards bringing this technology to the mainstream.
To this end, 3 World Cup 2014 matches will be shot and broadcasted in 4K: one Round of 16 match, one semi-final and of course, the final match itself. Match footage will also be included in the Official FIFA 2014 World Cup film, which will also be in 4K.
The film will be released after the conclusion of the World Cup. FIFA has also confirmed that World Cup fanzones in Brazil will also be showing some 4K content.
If you’re an ardent football watcher, you’re probably familiar with this situation: when the attacking team is awarded a direct free kick near the opposition penalty area, the defensive wall is nearly always just a bit too close. This gives the defending team a slightly unfair advantage, triggering complaints from the attacking team and a delay as the referee tries to get the defensive wall to move back to the regulatory 10 yards’ distance.
Well, this might be a thing of the past at the 2014 World Cup, since referees will now be using vanishing spray to mark out the 10 yard distance.
When a free kick is awarded, the referee will walk 10 yards from the site of the offense and thenspray a line on the pitch to indicate where the defensive wall should should stand. This line willdisappear within a minute or two, so there’s no risk of the line overstaying its welcome or having any untoward effects on the match itself.
This vanishing spray technology has been used for a while in South American leagues, but this is thefirst time it’s being used in a major international tournament.
As always, the ball itself is also quite a technological marvel. In the previous World Cup, footballers complained furiously about the Jabulani ball being hard to control, behaving erratically whilst in the air. This, as you’d expect, is not something FIFA want to happen again at the 2014 World Cup.
Adidas claims that the Brazuca, the official match ball for the 2014 World Cup, will be different; in apress statement, they claim that the ball will meet and exceed all FIFA metrics.
According to Adidas, the Brazuca has been tested for more than 2.5 years and has gotten theapproval of world-class footballers such as Lionel Messi, Iker Casillas, Bastian Schweinsteiger, Dani Alves and the one and only Zinedine Zidane.
This level of performance apparently has a lot to do with the Brazuca’s construction. The Brazuca is unique in that it’s made out of six interlocking urethane panels with thousands of little dimples – somewhat reminiscent of a basketball ball – that apparently improve the ball’s grip, stability and aerodynamics.
Now, for something a little bit different. This isn’t going to be featured in any of the matches, and it won’t have anything to do with the broadcasts, but the 2014 FIFA World Cup will be the public’s first glimpse of an exciting new robotic exoskeleton that might just be the future replacement for the wheelchair.
On the opening day of the World Cup, a young Brazilian paraplegic will use this robotic suit to walk to the centre of the pitch and kick a ball, marking the opening of the 2014 FIFA World Cup.
The mind-controlled robotic exoskeleton, built from lightweight alloys and powered by hydraulics, is the culmination of many years of work by the Walk Again project, an international group of scientists. The exoskeleton also comes with a cap which will pick up the user’s EEG signals, which will then be translated by a computer in the exoskeleton’s backpack into movement commands for the exoskeleton legs.
While it will probably take a while before a robotic exoskeleton actually replaces the wheelchair, it’sdefinitely an exciting development that will be great to see at the opening ceremony of the World Cup.
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Azzief Khaliq in http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/world-cup-2014-technology/ …
Recommended Reading: 12 Things You Probably Don’t Know About World Cup 2014
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Doggie Wants Its Toy Back !!!
In our adorable moment of the day, this little pup wants his toy back, but the mean cat won’t give, what can a poor pup do? This whole thing is very frustrating
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The beautiful Yangtze River valley, with its monumental Three Gorges Dam project, offers both stunning daytime scenery and magical night spectacles. Unlike most of China, this area isn’t very industrialized and has relatively little light making the nights sky more visible.
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Astronaut’s view of New York, New York.
Check out the way the narrow island of Manhattan, between the Hudson River and the East River, looks from the International Space Station (ISS). The photo was taken on May 5 by the Expedition 39 crew. Central Park looks pretty green – playing fields appear as white dots. The two darker zones are where the tallest buildings of Midtown and the Financial District cast long shadows even in this early afternoon view.
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It has been discovered that the average American watches television about 5 hours a day. That’s a lot of programming being consumed and that number doesn’t even include how many hours of movies we see in theaters or in our own homes. Every day we are being entertained, but every day we are being lied to (but not in a harmful way). Most people would never catch how it’s being done.
Special effects and CGI (computer generated imagery) is a useful tool in the entertainment industry. Over the years, the techniques have improved. Now, when most television shows or movies use CGI, the viewers can’t even tell what’s real and what’s not…
HINT: Most of it’s not.
You should never trust anything you see in the movies or television shows. “Movie magic” has been around for decades, but now the magic is almost seeming… magical.
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The beautiful game! This month’s full moon happens a few hours after the opening of the World Cup in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Thank you to Jean-Baptiste Feldmann for sharing this photo!
See more photos from Jean-Baptiste Feldmann – photographies here.
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The amazing thing about animals is… basically everything. Some are powerful, others are sneaky, and then some are just flat out majestic. But they all have one thing in common: an instinct to survive. And the way they survive is sometimes so perfect that you can’t help but be in awe.
All of the animals below beautifully blend into their surroundings. Some so they can better stalk their prey, and some so they can avoid turning into a predator’s next meal. Check these out.
Astronauts on the International Space Station (ISS) can see as many as 16 sunrises and sunsets in a 24-hour period.
But on some occasions, the location of the station means the sun never sets at all, providing stunning views for the crew on board.
Now, Nasa astronaut Reid Wiseman has revealed this incredible sight from orbit, in the first ever Vine video to be sent from space.
The timelapse condenses a 92-minute orbit into the span of around six seconds showing the space station hurtling around the planet at 17,500 mph (27,600 km/h).
This marks the barrier between light and dark on the surface of the Earth.
In this scenario, something known as the ‘beta angle’ increases. This is the imaginary line between the sun and the path of the ISS around Earth.
Writing in the Weather Centre blog, Tony Rice explained that as the beta angle gets higher, the time the ISS is in sunlight also increases.
The sun never sets because the space station’s orbit comes into alignment with the day and night terminator line. This marks the barrier between light and dark on the surface of the Earth
During this period, the so-called ‘beta angle’ increases. This is the imaginary line between the sun and the path of the ISS around Earth. As the beta angle gets higher, the time the ISS is in sunlight increases. When beta angle exceeds 69º, it is in constant sunlight
‘When beta angle exceeds 69º, it is in constant sunlight, and mission control keeps an even closer around-the-clock watch on power production and temperatures,’ he said.
‘This happens two to four times a year but is most extreme near the summer solstice coming on June 21.’
Previous space shuttles would enter something known as a ‘barbeque mode’ which would cause them to do slow barrel rolls to avoid overheating.
On the ISS, an Active Thermal Control System transfers heat through to large radiators extending under the station that can then be released into space.
Reid Wiseman from Baltimore (pictured) is currently serving as flight engineer aboard the International Space Station for Expedition 41. Wiseman’s space Vine has gained over 4,000 likes and nearly 2,000 retweets since it was posted on Saturday
‘1st Vine from space! Single Earth orbit. Sun never sets flying parallel w/terminator line,’ Wiseman explained in the clip, which he shared over the weekend.
Vine is a mobile service that creates short looping videos which are six seconds or less. So far, Wiseman’s Vine has gained over 4,000 likes and nearly 2,000 retweets.
The 38-year-old from Baltimore is currently serving as flight engineer aboard the International Space Station for Expedition 41.
The last time Twitter saw a space ‘first’ was when astronaut Mike Massimino sent the first tweet from orbit in 2009.
‘My parents were waving in Maryland at sunrise, so I took a picture of them,’ Wiseman wrote with this shot
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