{"id":543,"date":"2014-07-13T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-07-13T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gac.idexlab.com\/blog\/2014-world-cup-innovations\/"},"modified":"2025-04-08T09:32:40","modified_gmt":"2025-04-08T09:32:40","slug":"2014-world-cup-innovations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gac.idexlab.com\/?p=543","title":{"rendered":"Innovations of Football Stadiums during the World Cup (2014)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Innovations of Football Stadiums<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The New Technologies<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

For those of you who we were not interested in the #WC2014 or were travelling to the moon, may be you have not noticed the Innovations of football stadiums this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They were a few, detailed in a nice article by the Washington Post<\/a>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1. Goal-line camera technology<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

The goal-line technology by Goalcontrol <\/a>records 500 images per second and detects if the ball crossed the line in real-time, no more fake or missed goals as we had in 2010. This must the progress part of “ordem e progresso”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yes, one can ask what the refrees are supposed to do…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2. The vanishing white foam<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

No more messy free-kicks, every player stay behind a foam line that the referee draws on the grass. This is definitely the Order part of “ordem e progresso” !<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And yes, this is no more than shaving foam but an innovative way to use it…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

3. High-tech jerseys and shoes<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Nike, Adidas and Puma competed with announcements on breakthroughts in clothing and fabrics. Some claimed they had provided “cooling t-shirts”, Puma even claimed they had invented a fabric that could “micro-massage specific muscle areas and boost overall stamina” !<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This makes me think of other charms of Brazil, but not in the national motto (sorry…).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

4. The ball<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

The ball itself is an innovation. Adidas claims it has superior grip, touch, stability and aerodynamics. It was actually tested by NASA<\/a> !<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I guarantee less wobbling and more straight kicks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

5. iPad scouting apps<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Coaches are walking around with iPads running scouting apps telling them how players perform compared to their opponents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But this Innovations of Football Stadiums are not going to…<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Unfortunately all these World Cup innovations did not help Brazil perform during the cup, and (fortunately) there is no app able to tell who is going to win the final.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So tonight is your last chance to see this technology in action.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And may the best win!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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