Adidas has launched miCoach smart ball as
a training tool that allows football players to
practices free kicks, penalties and corners.
The ball uses sensors and algorithms to ana-
lyze the ball as it moves through the air and
calculate speed, bend, location of impact and
the trajectory of the kick. Adidas transmits
this data to a companion iPhone app over
Bluetooth Low Energy where users can track
their development.
Adidas has been working on the miCoach
Smart Ball since 2009 and says it’s “the
most technologically advanced football in the
world.”
The iPhone app also includes training re-
sources and a series of tutorials for nailing
tricky kicks, besides a progression mode
that challenges the player to hit the ball at a
certain speed or with enough bend to swoop
around a defensive wall.
Launch of the new smart ball prior the FIFA
World Cup 2014 which started in Brazil on 12
June 2014.
Google has designed a car that goes
away with steering wheels, pedals
and driver.
A blog by Google said it will build 100
testbed versions of the two-seat ve-
hicle with the eventual aim of testing
their safety this summer. These ver-
sions would retain manual controls.
A small pilot program to run in Cali-
fornia, where the company is based,
in the next couple of years.
The company had for several years
been testing cars equipped with sen-
sors and computers to drive them-
selves, but the blog affirmed that
Google is developing the car from
scratch and not amending other
companies’ vehicles.
Google car with
no steering wheel
or driver
Improve your skills
with Adidas’ smart ball
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Google to launch its “Android TV” in June
Google is set to launch Android
TV at its Google I/O developer
conference in San Francisco on
June 25th.
GIGAOM said the Android TV
won’t be a device, but a platform
that manufacturers of TVs and
set-top boxes can use to bring
streaming services to the televi-
sion.
It is similar to Google TV, the plat-
form the company unveiled at its
2010 Google I/O conference, but
it will be all about content, simplic-
ity and quick search through the
content without any third party
apps.
Android TV’s key focus will be on
simplicity, which will be reflected
in the user interface, Pano. The
idea behind Pano is that apps can
surface individual content right
on the home screen in a card-like
fashion so that users can browse
movies, TV shows and other
types of media.
