BMW & THE LONDON OLYMPICS 2012

Technology worth a Gold Medal

•BMW is an official partner of the Olympics, but wanted to have a bigger impact on the athletes this past summer in London, then just its advertising for automobiles…

•Developed a Velocity camera. This is a camera system to measure an athletes angles, velocity, and other key measurements immediately.

•Similar camera system in BMW cars, allowing them to detect obstacles.

•http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xayp9AHmnjs

•“Being able to track motion of an athlete is similar to track pedestrians and other objects”

- Chris PavloffBMW Engineer

Stereo Vision•This advanced technology is called stereo

vision.Examples in Sports:-Swimming: Track velocity, angles of arms

and legs.-Track and Field: Changes in velocity,

velocity, and angles of body.

Future

•USATF•USA BOBSLED•USA SKELETON•USA SPEEDSKATING•USA SWIMMING

Sources

•http://carwd.blogspot.com/2012/08/in-detail-bmw-olympic-training.html

•http://www.forbes.com/sites/matthewdepaula/2012/07/31/bmw-technology-could-help-win-gold-at-2012-olympics/

•http://articles.marketwatch.com/2012-04-04/general/31285432_1_usatf-bmw-plans-track-and-field