The FIFA world cup and Technology

So as Nilav is lucky enough to be in Mountain view right now, the FIFA world cup, not held far from where he lives is being held in Brazil. So all Football fans will know about the debate that has been going on for over 50 years about the 1966 world cup finals. Did the ball cross the line or not. So this time, the first time in the world cup goal line technology will be used. Goal line technology determines whether the ball crosses the goal line or not. So there is a system developed by a company called GoalControl which has put 14 cameras all around the stadium, focusing on the goals. It captures a three dimensional position of the ball with high precision. When ball passes the line a vibration and optical signal is sent to watches worn by the refrees. In less than a second they can know if its a goal or not. Vanishing spray is being used to prevent enroachment by defenders making up walls during free kicks. Vanishing spray is a shaving cream like foam which the referee sprays in front of the wall to ensure that the players are standing 10 yards away.

Here are some pictures-

Weekly Update

Guys , I'm blogging from the birthplace of the mother of all silicon valley companies itself ,Mountain View! So I'm blogging to tell you guys a couple of things, first as most of you may know Apple announced a new programming language called Swift which is optimised for developing app store apps which will supposedly co exist with Objective C().

Secondly, Illumina, a name which few consumers have heard is going to kindle a market which will bring revenue in the billions. After outlasting its competitors and building the necessary technology it has brought down the cost of sequencing 3 billion pairs of human genome from 93.7  million USD to just over 5 grand. It has already started selling machines which sequence the human genome for a $1000. An MIT tech magazine rates it as the smartest company on planet earth (with Tesla Motors at 2nd place and Google holding third).

Thirdly, google is going to roll out Android Kitkat 4.4.3 for Nexus devices in the near future,
No news of the Nexus 6 yet, we are hoping for a release in the fourth or first quarter of next year.

Lastly Samsung has released a 12 inch tablet in korea, called the Samsung Galaxy W with calling features (I think) and at Hong Kong I saw a couple of ads for a Galaxy Note Pro.