Articles on Beijing Tech

Nike-sponsored swimmers allowed to wear Speedo suits - Jul 31, 2008

Crave One piece of equipment which has recently rocked the competitive swimming world greatly is the Speedo LZR RACER suit. Wearing this full body swimsuit, athletes have broken dozens of world records, ... Read story »

Nike super-light Flywire track shoes to make Olympics debut - Jul 23, 2008

Crave Major sportswear maker Nike looks set to steal the limelight at this year's summer Olympics with its latest innovation, the Flywire track shoes. The company will supply the US track and ... Read story »

US track team gets Nike's aerodynamic Swift apparel - Jul 24, 2008

Crave It's simply amazing how much cutting-edge technology is being put into sportswear design these days. Take Nike's recently announced Swift System of Dress. Rather than just have the usual one-piece body-fitting ... Read story »

Weather control for the Beijing Olympics - Jul 29, 2008

Crave Because Storm from X-Men is fully booked for the year, the capital of China has to come up with alternative methods to make sure there isn't a downpour during the opening ... Read story »

Internet censorship plagues journalists at Olympics - Jul 30, 2008

Crave With the opening of the Beijing Olympic Games a mere 10 days away, members of the media have learned that there is at least one thing they can expect not to ... Read story »

Olympics at 8,000 frames per second - Jul 30, 2008

Crave The biggest sports event deserves the best equipment to capture the show in all its glory. So it's no wonder I-Movix clinched the deal to provide its SprintCam to capture the ... Read story »

Olympic athletes don red lenses to combat Beijing smog - Jul 30, 2008

Crave At least one Olympic team is seeing red over the pollution at the upcoming Beijing games. Word is that the English hockey team is training with red lenses which are said ... Read story »

Beijing Water Cube makes plastic environmentally friendly - Jul 31, 2008

Crave Some people believe that extensive use of plastics is one of the major factors which will destroy the earth. However, a report by Treehugger on the Beijing National Aquatics Center (better ... Read story »

2008 Olympics: The digital games - Aug 4, 2008

Crave Two years ago, watching the Olympics live via the Internet was limited to a single gold medal game of a popular sport. This year, everything from preliminary table tennis matches to ... Read story »

Timekeeping an Olympian task at the Beijing Games - Jul 31, 2008

Crave Even as we countdown to the Beijing Olympics, did you know that when the first games began, little attention was paid to timing the speed of winners? There were no stopwatches ... Read story »

Olympic committee bans "professional" cameras for visitors - Jul 31, 2008

Crave If you're heading to Beijing (or are already there) for the Olympics, take note that the Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games has imposed bans on several items, one of which ... Read story »

What it takes to bring the Olympics to the PC - Aug 1, 2008

Crave Stage 8H is best known as the place where Saturday Night Live is filmed. This week, though, it's been turned into an ad-hoc data center as part of NBC's efforts to ... Read story »

Beijing threatens cyber war for Olympics - Aug 1, 2008

Crave Wars have been started for many reasons. Money, oil, love and even by mistake. So it is quite ironical that for an event which is supposed to promote international peace and ... Read story »

YouTube Olympics channel brings games to multiple nations - Aug 5, 2008

Crave Citizens of Ethiopia and Thailand (we originally said Taiwan here, which is not included) are among the international Web users who will be able to view online content from the Beijing ... Read story »

Warning for blabbermouths to zip it up in Beijing - Aug 7, 2008

Crave After watching your favorite team win at the Olympics, getting a drink or two to celebrate is fine. But if you get tipsy, watch your mouth if you're on a cab ... Read story »

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