INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
From the city streets to the top of the podium, the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo promise to be a showcase of the best tech Tokyo has to
and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) are using it to make the games more accessible to athletes and fans at the venues, and more
and guests with limited mobility
wants to take on a challenge and moving is what is preventing them doing so, Toyota would like to help tackle that problem
Toyota Water Front City and Haneda areas in Tokyo
These vehicles have level-four automation, which means they can handle all aspects of driving without human intervention.Toyota's
Concept-i will make an appearance at the Olympics too
games.For fans watching at home, that means live VR broadcasts powered by Intel's True VR platform, with 360-degree replays, so you can
feel totally immersed in the action within your living room
Intel has exclusive rights to broadcast the games in VR, and debuted this technology at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang."Really what
we're doing around this experience is not try to take television and put it into VR, and we're not only trying to transport the fan to be at
the event," David Aufhauser, managing director of Intel Sports, told TheIndianSubcontinent
"We're creating an entirely new way for fans to experience the virtual world."Intel will also light up the sky above the stadium with its
Shooting Star drones, which can create 3D images as an alternative to traditional fireworks
usual waste.If that doesn't sound spectacular enough, Japanese research company ALE might be putting on an artificial meteor shower for the
If it goes ahead, this will involve sending a satellite loaded with 's ource particles' into orbit
Once the satellite is stable, the particles will be discharged and enter the atmosphere, where they will begin plasma emission.Like
fireworks, particles containing different elements will produce different colors as they burn (potassium for purple, copper for green, and
planning to use recycled e-waste in its medals, and has placed collection boxes in offices for workers to donate old phones and other small
electronics.In 2014 alone, Japan discarded 143kg of gold, 1,566kg of silver and 1,112 tons of copper (the main component of bronze) in the
Murofushi.Hopefully that sort of resourcefulness means that the only thing left behind after the 2020 Olympic Games will be a raft of new
