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🗓️ 16 July 2024
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Ahead of the Olympics in Paris, we look at tech in sport. How is it used by athletes to improve their performance? And how is it used to deliver the spectacle to viewers at home? We also follow the quest to bring mountain biking to the Paralympics and how technology advancements are helping this become a reality. Plus, the potential for AI growth in Africa and how it might change the continent.
Presented by Zoe Kleinman Produced by Tom Quinn and Imran Rahman-Jones Edited by Monica Soriano
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0:37.9 | Hello and welcome to TechLife, the program about technology making a difference to our lives. |
0:43.4 | I'm Zoe Kleinman. This week, we're looking at technology in sport. From the Olympic Stadium to the |
0:49.4 | TV screen and your home, tech is playing a growing part in delivering faster, better results and a more |
0:55.0 | immersive viewing experience. More on that in a moment. We also hear from cyclists hoping to |
1:01.1 | adapt mountain bike technology and bring the sport to the Paralympic Games. And how fast is artificial |
1:07.4 | intelligence developing in Africa? The reality is that today, Nigeria, South Africa and Kenya, |
1:13.5 | alone are attracting the vast majority of talent and of investments around tech, |
1:18.7 | but also in particular around AI. |
1:20.2 | Thank you. It's a huge year for sport. |
1:41.6 | So far, we've seen India win the cricket 2020 World Cup, Carlos Alcaraz win the |
1:46.9 | men's Wimbledon tennis championships, and Spain and Argentina take home trophies at their |
1:51.5 | continental football tournaments. And we haven't even started the Paris Olympics yet, which is |
1:56.5 | almost upon us. Sport is big business for tech firms, with a huge range of products competing |
2:02.8 | to help both athletes be their best and spectators get the best experience at home. If you're a |
2:09.1 | fan of tennis or cricket, you'll be familiar with the ball tracking technology Hawkeye. And if you |
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