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A Smart Ball for the Next Football Season!

Posted on the 27 May 2013 by Hadi20 @hadi_frht
Technology in sport mainly revolves around one aspect, optimizing performance. Sometimes so obscure and sometimes in a rather simple way Adidas is an excellent example with its miCoach device. They persist and sign with a new ultra-connected football.
A smart ball for the next football season!
The new Adidas smart ball comes with its own application and show you a myriad of information.The speed of the ball, the number of rotations, the distance, and  the direction, 
to name a few.
All these movements are examined under a microscope with a variety of sensors, the official specs have not yet been disclosed. But what we're sure of is, that it is able to transmit these information in real-time.
Adidas has been working on such products for a long time, and FIFA has selected one of these devices in 2014. Therefor, the amount of data at the next football season will be ridiculously large.

Source : Engadget.

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