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Sport analytics leverage AI and ML to improve the game

CIO Business Intelligence

Nearly 10 years ago, Bill James, a pioneer in sports analytics methodology, said if there’s one thing he wished more people understood about sabermetrics, pertaining to baseball, it’s that the data is not the point. The point is to use the data like a razor to cut through false convictions to find the truth.

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Unity unveils Metacast real-time 3D platform for sports broadcasts

Venture Beast

Unity sports exec Peter Moore unveiled Unity Metacast, a new technology for capturing and analyzing sports moves in real time. Read More.

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T-Mobile teaming with Drone Racing League to help emerging sport develop 5G-enabled tech

GeekWire

T-Mobile is investing in DRL through its T-Mobile Ventures fund and the plan is to help the league develop high-speed 5G drones which would be able to stream 3D racing action in real time and provide immersive experiences to fans of the sport.

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Wilson unveils "airless" 3D-printed basketball that nearly meets NBA regulation

TechSpot

Sports gear company Wilson has reinvented the basketball. It recently created a high-tech prototype that needs no air to bounce. The so-called "Airless Prototype" is the first basketball innovation since Butler University's head basketball coach, Tony Hinkle, got Spalding to start making easy-to-see orange basketballs in 1957.

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Intel’s 3D and AI tech now helps train athletes

Venture Beast

Intel announced its 3D Athlete Tracking (3DAT) technology is being employed to help train professional athletes. Read More.

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1,650lb 3D printed aircraft tool sets Guinness World Record

Network World

foot tall the 3D printed aircraft design tool has earned the title of largest solid 3D printed item by Guinness World Records. apparatus known as a trim-and-drill tool is comparable in length to a large sport utility vehicle and will ultimately be tested for use in building the Boeing 777X passenger jet. foot long, 5.5

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Computer vision transforms tennis coaching at Billie Jean King Cup

CIO Business Intelligence

With centuries of tradition behind it, tennis as a sport has been highly resistant to change. It’s fair to say that tennis has lived up to its roots as a traditional sport,” says Mat Pemble, executive director of IT for the International Tennis Federation (ITF), the sport’s governing body.

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