#ICYMI - 2018 Soccer Tech: Beyond Sports & Telstar 18

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🗓️ 19 April 2018

⏱️ 52 minutes

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In case you missed this episode on the Playing with Science channel…We look to the future of soccer and prepare for the 2018 FIFA World Cup as we investigate Beyond Sports VR technology and the new Adidas Telstar 18 with hosts Gary O’Reilly, Chuck Nice and Beyond Sports CEO Jeffrey Saunders and physicist John Eric Goff. Photo Credit: © 2018 BEYOND SPORTS BV.

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0:00.0	I'm Gary O'Reilly.
0:10.8	And I'm Chuck Knay.
0:11.8	This is playing with science football or soccer, whichever you prefer has not been shy
0:19.4	in embracing technology.
0:20.8	Go line tech and GPS tracking have been staples of the modern game for years, but what is
0:26.4	on the cutting edge?
0:28.3	What are we going to see in the 2018 World Cup in Russia and beyond?
0:32.4	Yes, and beyond is exactly where we'll go for our answers as we talk to Jeff Sander, CEO
0:38.4	of Beyond Sports, a sports tech company that works with current world champions, Germany
0:43.4	and English Premier League Giants Arsenal.
0:46.6	I think you know those guys.
0:47.6	I do.
0:48.6	I'm not an Arsenal fan, but we respect the club most definitely right.
0:51.8	And giving us a totally unique, well, that was my bias anyway, giving us a totally unique
0:56.9	and detailed insight into the official World Cup ball after having put it through its
1:01.7	paces is our very good friend, Professor Eric Goff, who has just published a paper on
1:07.0	exactly this subject.
1:08.6	Yeah, and it's a long one.
1:10.2	It is very detailed.
1:11.2	Yes, lots of equations, which he will explain to me.
1:15.0	There we are.
1:16.0	Right.
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