During the last years, the world of sports has been changing with the use of new technology applied to help the referees to take right decisions and minimize the mistakes in the development of different disciplines.
The use of cameras around the court of basketball in a country like the United States and the availability of instant video-replays help the referee to take a good decision knowing if a player are shooting within the time or not. The new technology is not being only used in basketball, it has been developed in others sports like cricket and tennis where the use of the Hawk-Eye technology helps to the referee to know if the ball goes out or it is in. But What is the Hawk-Eye? And How does it work? Are questions unknown for some people. It is a computer and television camera system linked (six or more cameras) which are around the court and traces the ball´s trajectory and sends it to a virtual-reality machine, so the referee and players can watch in a big screen of television if the decision is right or not.
Another sport loved for a big amount of people around the world in which are using new technology is the soccer in which the use of the Hawk-Eye technology in the United Kingdom by the introduction of goal-line sensors give a definitive decision when the ball crossed the line and there is a goal; however a new aim in soccer is the developing of a “Smart ball” which has a computer chip and with the help of a network of receivers around the field designed the precise position of the ball allowing to know exactly when it has passed the goal line.
The use of cameras around the court of basketball in a country like the United States and the availability of instant video-replays help the referee to take a good decision knowing if a player are shooting within the time or not. The new technology is not being only used in basketball, it has been developed in others sports like cricket and tennis where the use of the Hawk-Eye technology helps to the referee to know if the ball goes out or it is in. But What is the Hawk-Eye? And How does it work? Are questions unknown for some people. It is a computer and television camera system linked (six or more cameras) which are around the court and traces the ball´s trajectory and sends it to a virtual-reality machine, so the referee and players can watch in a big screen of television if the decision is right or not.
Another sport loved for a big amount of people around the world in which are using new technology is the soccer in which the use of the Hawk-Eye technology in the United Kingdom by the introduction of goal-line sensors give a definitive decision when the ball crossed the line and there is a goal; however a new aim in soccer is the developing of a “Smart ball” which has a computer chip and with the help of a network of receivers around the field designed the precise position of the ball allowing to know exactly when it has passed the goal line.
