For any basketball fans especially NBA fans, like me; watching the Celtics vs. Lakers in Final 2008 is like a 'classic' dream come true. I remember watching the match-up between Larry Bird against Magic Johnson back then, it's so exciting because both players were remarkable athletes and good sport-entertainers as well.The Celtics is leading with 2-1 in the best of 7 games right now, and I can't wait to know who's going to be the champ this year. As always, I'm using my Treo to track down and keep myself updated the scores with Google.
A really interesting article came up from Dan Evans & Jeremy A. Kaplan (PC Mag), about how modern technologies have help a lot to improve the games nowadays. We often neglected what are running behind all of those bright spotlights when the game is on, so it's a good thing those guys have pulled-off a thorough article on technologies that are surrounding the NBA Final 2008. Here's a little bit clip of lines:
The Celtics' Paul Pierce hits a jumper and the points go up on the scoreboard. Simple, right? Hardly.
After all, the NBA finals are covered in 205 countries and in 46 languages, and streamed to 24 countries worldwide, and they all want this data instantly. But how does the NBA record that information? A proprietary digital alert system? A network of computers using custom realtime operating systems?
Kobe Bryant and Paul Pierce may take center stage during the NBA Championships, but the tech behind the game has just as many surprises. Here are five technologies hidden in plain sight that help keep the game rolling:
- Digital Whistles
- DLP Cubes
- Clear LEDs
- Archos and iPod Video Players
- The World's Biggest HDTVs
Another fun way to get more into the Final games showdown to the last one, is create a split-face of NBA players with any other face picture you want. This web service is part of NBA Playoff campaign, called '
[blogged with my Treo 750v]
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