This sporting event brings a wide range of competitive sports and sports persons together for the summer to compete and win medals for their country. This is a proud moment for London we 2012 sees the third time London has hosted the Games. The technology and logistics have dramatically improved and changed since 1948.
Imagine the construction and planning work that goes into building the venues and accommodation. There has been a need to plan building deliveries and pallet delivery of goods to get buildings completed on time.
There are also several venues outside of London that are hosting events and we take a look at some of those. The logistics and transport is needed to get equipment and athletes to the locations. Imagine all the equipment that is needed to host the football matches in the City of Coventry stadium.
The mountain bike track at Hadleigh Farm is a temporary track that will host the mountain bike events. The course at Brands Hatch is suitable to host the Paralympics Road Cycling events. Both these venues are out of London so will require transport links and Europe Delivery for those competing from Europe and will be based at the events.
Tuesday 24 April 2012
Thursday 5 April 2012
Some Great Movie Technology
Short Circuit - A great film where technology and electronics combined to create a fantastic robot, who ended up being called "Johnny 5". The electronics and pcb design can actually be seen in this guy (sorry robot) when he needs to be fixed up.
Star Wars – Technology is in abundance with these films as you would expect when you take on Darth Vader. Even the modern CGI and technology cannot take away the electronics and almost human characteristics of R2-D2 and C3PO.
Science fiction film, 'Minority Report' sees an interesting mix of electronics, pcb design and access systems. Retina scanners are used by the tiny robot that checks a person’s identity. Interestingly this form of technology is potentially being installed into banks and US Air Force bases.
After all, eyes are unique and cannot be replicated. Unless you use the persons eyes like in Angels and Demons to gain access to the lab. This is one of the eye watering parts of the film though.
Voice recognition features in ‘Richie Rich’. Wealthy parents set up the access code to their vault by using voice recognition, based on frequency. This seems like a great way of using electronics and pcb design to create secure access.
Star Wars – Technology is in abundance with these films as you would expect when you take on Darth Vader. Even the modern CGI and technology cannot take away the electronics and almost human characteristics of R2-D2 and C3PO.
Science fiction film, 'Minority Report' sees an interesting mix of electronics, pcb design and access systems. Retina scanners are used by the tiny robot that checks a person’s identity. Interestingly this form of technology is potentially being installed into banks and US Air Force bases.
After all, eyes are unique and cannot be replicated. Unless you use the persons eyes like in Angels and Demons to gain access to the lab. This is one of the eye watering parts of the film though.
Voice recognition features in ‘Richie Rich’. Wealthy parents set up the access code to their vault by using voice recognition, based on frequency. This seems like a great way of using electronics and pcb design to create secure access.
Technology In The Movies
One aspect of technology that we know about but often overlook is technology in the movies. How many films have you watched that had you thinking wow when you left the cinema?
It could be the graphics and CGI which made everything look amazing, a character that was completed animated but you forgot that by the time the film ended or even the plot of the futuristic film which made you wonder if the future really could be like that.
Some of the best characters that we grown to know and love and either animation based or contain electronics and resonate with interest in science and robots. How many of the following films has captured your interest at the cinema?
It could be the graphics and CGI which made everything look amazing, a character that was completed animated but you forgot that by the time the film ended or even the plot of the futuristic film which made you wonder if the future really could be like that.
Some of the best characters that we grown to know and love and either animation based or contain electronics and resonate with interest in science and robots. How many of the following films has captured your interest at the cinema?
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