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New Tech: The Half-Degree That Ends Your Olympic Dream
Olympic technology is supposed to help athletes train better. You've seen the wind tunnels, the data analysis, the aerodynamic testing. That's what you think this is about. But the 2026 Winter Olympics tech isn't for athletes. It's for judges. Eight 8K cameras capture 40,000 frames per second at finish lines, measuring down to millionths of a second. Figure skating sensors measure whether a spin was exactly 360 degrees or just 359.5 degrees. You can't see half a degree. Neither can the judges. But the camera can.
The goal? A 21st century photo finish that builds a historical database of…
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