Tuesday 30 May 2017

Good News For Cricket Fans (Intel's Advanced New Drone To Analyze Pitch At ICC)





Intel is the Official Innovative partner for the ICC 2017. It unveiled three new gadgets that will be used during the ICC Champions Trophy 2017. The three gadgets includes an advanced pitch analysis drone, a virtual reality experience for cricket fans, a bat sensor powered by an Intel Curie module. These new Technologies are going to be launched first in Australia, India, US, and UK.

Taking about each gadget separately, the Drone is equipped with infrared and HD cameras which will be used for the analysis of the pitch. The drone analyzes and sends all the data regarding the topology, grass health, grass cover. As, pitch is the most important aspects of cricket, that decides each game swings.

Coming to the bat sensor it is actually called as Speculur BatSense, which can be mounted on any cricket bat and is used to calculate all the movements of the bat for every hit/stroke the batsman plays. The bat sensor measures the back-lift, bat speed of every stroke, which is displayed on a monitor or TV after every stroke the batsman plays.

Relating to the three new advanced technology the Speculur Managing Director Atul Srivastava said, "Coaches can use their insights and expertise along with the bat sensor data to make specific adjustments to a batsman's technique ultimately helping him perform better."

Coming to the third tech, Virtual Reality is one of the most innovative aspect of the latest technology. VR technology in ICC is used to give cricket fans a better experience where people will be able to play cricket in virtual reality and totally getting involved into it. Intel is going to showcase the VR cricket experiences at the Oval( London) and Edgbaston (Birmingham) stadiums. People will be able to test their batting skills against virtual bowler.

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