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- TTWCP-471-01-intro
(6mb)
Thu, 4 Sep 2008 17:09:00 -0400Show introduction on Technologies used in the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, China.
- TTWCP-471-02-bethany_mayer-bluecoat-security-wan_optimization (3mb)
Thu, 4 Sep 2008 17:07:00 -0400Bethany Mayer the Senior VP Worldwide Marketing at Blue Coat Systems joins Craig to discuss why the amount of online video available for the Summer Olympic games is staggering and presents significant issues for companies and organizations by overwhelming their Internet connections and links to branch offices so that business applications and communications could come to a halt and how now companies have a myriad of choice for how they manage Internet video, well beyond categorically blocking it.
- TTWCP-471-03-rob_bennett-msn_entertainment-olympics (5mb)
Thu, 4 Sep 2008 14:04:00 -0400Rob Bennett the General Manager of Entertainment, Media and Sports at MSN Entertainment joins Craig to discuss why NBC chose NBC chose to partner with Microsoft to offer “NBCOlympics.com
on MSN,” the official online home of the 2008 Summer Olympics. As a result, MSN can enable NBC to deliver an unprecedented amount of coverage and provide a great player experience with their Silverlight technology.Just four years ago, Olympic fans had access to less than 100 hours of on demand video. Now, Silverlight's ground-breaking video technology will give users access to more than 3,500 hours of live and on-demand video content all via an immersive and interactive online video experience like never before.
The online video content will feature dynamic and interactive stats, athlete profiles, custom viewing features, including watching more than one event at once.
- TTWCP-471-04-malissa_wood-cardiac_ultrasound-mass_general_hospital (4mb)
Thu, 4 Sep 2008 13:09:00 -0400Malissa J. Wood is a clinical cardiologist and staff physician in the Cardiac Ultrasound Laboratory at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, where she also serves as the Co-Director of the MGH Heart Center Women's Health Program she joins Craig to discuss the Vivid i by GE. This will enhance the efficiency and reach of physicians by offering the functionality and high performance of full-featured, larger-scale systems – but in a portable and wireless design that weighs 30 times less. The system makes it possible for patients to receive diagnostic exams anywhere, including bedside, as opposed being transported to an imaging lab in a hospital.
- TTWCP-471-05-junk_yoshida-eetimes-olympic_technology (6mb)
Thu, 4 Sep 2008 11:53:00 -0400Junko Yoshida the Editor in Chief of EE Times joins Craig to discuss the technology that China has used to put on the best 2008 Olympics they can.
The are using Technology to create perfect weather for the Games.
Chinese officials will have a battery of cannons on standby for cloud sweeping to direct rainfall away from the games.
They will shoot silver iodine pellets into the clouds to direct rainfall away from Olympic venues.
•The Beijing Metrological Bureau has invested in a supercomputer to help gauge weather and air quality during the games.
•The goal is to provide better weather forecasting services for the games and to expose the China Meteorologist Administration (CMA) forecasters to the most advanced weather prediction techniques in the world.They are using advanced technology to identify drug and doping and will be testing approximately 4,500 tests to screen athletes for banned substances.
China has made a large investment in transport systems throughout Beijing to ease the way for the 3 million spectators that even include Driverless Trains and subways.
•China has poured $40 billion into venues and new infrastructure for the Olympics.
•The transit lines include 93 miles of transport capable of handling around 10 percent of the passengers in the city.
•The system includes two subway lines and a high tech driverless rail system.
•The showpiece is the 28-km rail link between Beijing Capital International Airport and the Donhzhimen subway station. This express train features driverless operation using the proven Advanced Rapid Transit (ART) technology from Canada.
The ART trains can carry 4,500 passengers an hour during peak periods. - TTWCP-471-06-melissa_ondo-auralog-tellmemore-learn_chinese (3mb)
Thu, 4 Sep 2008 11:46:00 -0400Melissa Ondo is the North American Marketing Director for Auralog joins Craig to discuss howAuralog has established itself as the world leader in this field through its innovative TELL ME MORE® language learning solution. They Help customers achieve language mastery through quality learning solutions. TELL ME MORE® powered by Auralog has become the solution of choice for hundreds of global corporate and government customers, including Alcatel-Lucent, FBI, Belgacom, Getronics, The US Army National Guard, Marine Corps University, GlaxoSmithKline Biologicals, Konica Minolta, Sony, Valeo, Naval Special Warefare Unit, US Border Patrol, Velux, Vodafone, and Total.
Why are people choosing TELL ME MORE:
The program was developed in collaboration with INALCO: National Institute of Languages and Oriental Civilizations it has
advanced speech recognition actually is able to recognize the four tones of Mandarin Chinese. The program goes far beyond picture word association to include all areas of language acquisition—reading, writing, listening, and speaking. In fact it even teaches 800 basic characters as well as providing over 1,500 recorded phrases and 3,000 recorded words. If you need a language program for your family you can’t do better than Tell Me More.
- TTWCP-471-07-daniel_laby-harvard_medical-achievevision (5mb)
Thu, 4 Sep 2008 11:25:00 -0400Dr Daniel Laby an Assistant Clinical Professor at Harvard Medical School joins Craig to discuss his work with The Vision Care Institute™, LLC a Johnson & Johnson company that created The AchieveVision™ Program to help Olympic athletes and hopefuls optimize their visual skills in preparation for the upcoming Beijing 2008 Olympic Games. Athletes in general and Olympic Athletes require the visual skills that The AchieveVision Program addresses (e.g., visual acuity, depth perception, stereopsis/binocular vision, contrast sensitivity, anticipation and reaction timing, etc.). The program is studying how these visual skills can be applied to a specific sport (e.g., baseball)
- TTWCP-471-08-andre_van_commenee-electronic_pain_control-select (4mb)
Thu, 4 Sep 2008 11:20:00 -0400Andre van Commenee a physical therapist for 24 years and the director of Active Rehabilitation joins Craig to discuss how he has worked as a physical therapist at the three biggest sports events in the world: the Olympic Games, the World Cup Soccer, and the World Championships Track & Field. He says that because
Olympians train hard and often suffer from chronic and acute pain, but they can't let their game be affected by injuries or the side effects of pain medications he uses the Empi Select Pain Control System on a number of Olympic athletes who need to recovery from injuries and be at the top of their game, without the side effects that come with prescription drugs.
The Empi Select Pain Control system is a clinically proven, non-invasive device specifically designed for the relief of chronic pain, arthritic and post-surgical pain without the need for drugs or surgery. The device is based on 30 years of research and was FDA cleared in 2007.
The Select is about the size of an iPod, and is simple to use. It sends electrical impulses through electrodes placed directly on a patient's pain site and can be easily programmed by the patient or PT to treat the knee, back, shoulder or elbow. The device is convenient, portable and easy to use anywhere. - TTWCP-471-09-rick_gentile-sports_management-olympics (6mb)
Thu, 4 Sep 2008 11:14:00 -0400Rick Gentile, professor of Sport Management at Seton Hall University’s Stillman School of Business, is a 10 time Emmy Award-winning sports broadcaster and former CBS Sports senior vice president joins Craig to discuss how technology has made the coverage of the Olympics possible.
Some of the Technology includes smaller, “point of view” (pov) cameras allow the broadcaster to place cameras where they were never capable of going before giving the viewer unique views of the action—which is even better than viewing the event live.
Enhanced animation capability (motion capture, etc.) allows the broadcaster to show the mechanics of certain athletic maneuvers helping explain how the olympic athlete could do the things he/she did.
Digital editing equipment allow the broadcaster to more quickly bring action to the viewer in an edited format or allowing better replays of live action.
Better directional microphones bring the audio of the event home as never before. the viewer could hear skis on snow, skates on ice, sneakers on a basketball court, grunting by weight lifters, etc. all enhancing the viewing experience and giving the viewer the “best seat in the house”.
Electronic news gathering (eng) equipment allow the networks to travel around the olympic region covering human interest stories and bringing local color to the viewer back home.
- TTWCP-471-10-iain_molland_vividas-quality_video_over_internet (3mb)
Thu, 4 Sep 2008 11:07:00 -0400Iain Molland the CEO North America for Vividas joins Craig to discuss
how they enable content owners to distribute full-screen broadcast or high definition quality video over the internet or corporate network quickly and simply. Vividas video is as easy to use as the television is today with no delivery restrictions across corporate networks, firewalls or virus-checking systems and no need for installed software on the viewers machine. - TTWCP-471-11-michael_sprague-waveexpress-video_on_the_go-olympics (5mb)
Thu, 4 Sep 2008 10:59:00 -0400Mr. Michael Sprague the President and COO of Wavexpress joins Craig to discuss how as a leading provider of products and services enabling the secure distribution and compelling presentation of digital media over broadband they have worked with NBC to create Olympics On the Go an innovative, new download-and-play Internet video service that enables consumers to create their own high-quality, personalized Olympic viewing experience.
Additionally, Powered by Wavexpress™ TVTonic and available through the Microsoft Windows Vista Media Center, the service will enable users to subscribe to up-to-HD quality channels of their favorite Olympic sporting events and have them automatically downloaded directly to their PC or laptop, so content will be ready for viewing whether the user is online or offline, at home or on the go.
- TTWCP-471-12-wrapup (4mb)
Thu, 4 Sep 2008 10:58:00 -0400Show Wrap up
