Olympics
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In an inspired piece of Olympics legacy development, a sculpture that was created for the 2012 Games in London is to become "the world's tallest and longest slide." Visitors will be able to descend from the top of the ArcelorMittal Orbit.
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For the first time in its 168 year history, the Smithsonian Institution may leaving the United States. Plans have been unveiled for a new culture and arts center to be built at London’s Olympic Park site in the UK.
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After three years of development, Dainese has shown a near-competition-ready prototype of the Dainese D-Air Ski. Using an array of sensors, the protective ski garment detects a crash and rapidly inflates around the skier's upper body to protect from injury on the way down.
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At a cost of around US$ 50 billion, the 2014 Winter Olympics are said to be the most expensive Games to date. But rather than go for trophy buildings by global "starchitects" the Russians have built stadia primed for legacy use, with some designed to be taken down and moved elsewhere.
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Asif Khan's pavilion for telecoms company MegaFon features an interactive façade that will recreate the faces of visitors to the Winter Olympic park in Sochi, Russia. The building uses a "giant pin screen” to display 8-meter (26-foot) portraits in 3D.
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How does Usain Bolt consistently beat out his competitors? A team of physicists from the Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico have analyzed his current world record 100-meter run ... and the results are rather amazing.
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Scientists are using new technology to develop ski sledges optimized for each individual athlete.
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BMW is designing a two-man bobsled for the US Bobsled Team.
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adidas has developed a pair of battery-powered, heated pants to help keep the heat in cyclists' muscles between warm-up and race.
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BMW has released more pictures of its Olympic Park Pavilion.
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London Eye has been transformed into a social media driven light show for the Olympics
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