Unheard Technological Facts from the London Olympics
Omega, timekeepers of the London Olympics are on their toes to capture every millionth of a second. These guys can also flaunt the figures which directly add on to their profile. The game has been provided with:
420 tons of Omega equipments
450 Omega professionals to operate them
70 public scoreboards
320 sport-specific scoreboards
111 miles of cables and speedy optical fibre connections
It is by no doubt one of the most technical and technological Olympics ever with this great massive set up powered by technology. With so much technological - activities behind the scene, it must not be surprising to know that the organizers have carried 200,000 hours of rigorous software testing, to ensure that there is no flaw even by mistake. To make sure that the London Olympics sees a smooth fortnight without any system crashes, technical glitches or network slowdown. By now we have seen the opening ceremony and few events captured and conveyed in the most sophisticated manner.