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Google Fiber Helped A Sick Boy Throw A Baseball Pitch With Robots
When you combine Google Fiber, a robot and a boy almost 3000 kilometres away from a baseball game, you already know it’s going to be a good story. But this is better than just good. Google Fiber helped a boy with a rare blood disorder throw out the first pitch at a baseball game that was 2900km away.
3DTV Is Officially Never Going To Happen
That was it. That was 3DTV’s best chance. ESPN just decided to discontinue its push for 3DTV sporting events, deciding its time would be better spent focusing on traditional high resolution broadcasts and Tim Tebow daguerreotypes. And that, in a nutshell, effectively kills 3DTV’s chances of ever going mainstream.
Telstra Is Streaming The State Of Origin Live To Mobiles And Tablets
Sporting lawsuits are so last year. This year it’s all about streaming events like the State of Origin to your smartphone. At least if you’re a Telstra customer.
This Longboard Stroller Might Help You Fend Off Parental Lameness
Once you have kids your coolness factor starts a slow but inevitable decline towards a lame life of tucking in Polo shirts and constantly stressing over mutual funds. But before your kids reach their teenage years, there are ways to prolong your coolness, like swapping your stroller — as expensive or tricked out as it may be — with one that’s attached to a longboard.
SpeedForm: Under Armour Has Built A Bra For Your Feet
Dave Dombrow, Under Armour’s senior creative director of footwear, is tucked away in a random conference room in Chelsea Piers. It’s the second time we’ve spoken to each other but this time it’s a little different. Dave isn’t showing me what shoes the Baltimore-based sportswear company already has in the market. No, this time he’s promised to show me something new, something the company hinted at back in February at the launch of Armour39, its performance heart rate monitor. It’s a shoe, unlike any you’ve ever seen.
This BASE Jump Off Mount Everest Is Absolutely Insane
Earlier this month, 48-year-old Russian BASE jumper Valery Rozov took a leap off Mount Everest from an elevation of 23,687 feet. It’s the highest ever BASE jump to date, some 60 years after Everest was first summited.
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