Devices
This device tracks heart rate, steps, and sleep for athletes.
What is a smartwatch or fitness tracker?
This system allows referees to review close calls during a game.
What is instant replay?
This tells how many points a team has.
What is the scoreboard?
A ball that knows how hard it was kicked.
What is a smart ball?
In F1 this system at the back of the car opens on straights to reduce drag.
What is DRS?
This device tracks how fast and how far a player runs.
What is a GPS tracker?
Soccer referees use this video system to help make calls.
What is VAR (Video Assistant Referee)?
These are numbers used to track how players do.
What are stats?
Material that makes swimsuits very slippery.
What is high-tech fabric?
The person sitting next to the rally driver who reads out the pace notes.
Who is a co-driver?
These sensors are often found in helmets to measure hits.
What are impact sensors?
This lets refs slow down the video.
What is slow motion?
This helps teams decide how to play the game.
What is game data?
Light and strong material for bike frames and helmets.
What is carbon fiber?
The system used in WRC where the car gets extra power from an electric motor.
What is a hybrid system?
This wearable helps measure muscle activity using electrical signals.
What is EMG (electromyography)?
Tennis uses this technology to determine if a ball is in or out.
What is Hawk-Eye?
A mathematical model that predicts who will win the game.
What is predictive algorithm
A game where fans build their team from real players.
What is Fantasy Sports?
A safety device connecting the driver's helmet and shoulders to protect the neck during an accident.
What is a HANS device?
This tech helps coaches know when players are tired or overworked.
What is athlete monitoring technology?
Glasses that can record and track.
What are meta glasses?
Data that reaches fans at the exact moment something happens.
What is real-time data
A flying device that films practice from the air.
What is a drone?
This is the real-time transmission of data from the car to engineers to monitor the vehicle's health.
What is telemetry?