- This year’s Football World Cup in Brazil will see the use of goal-line technology for the first time. This involves 14 cameras – 7 trained on each goalmouth – to be hung up in all the World Cup stadiums.
- The cameras will record 500 images per second, which will then be digested by a computer, and then reach the referee’s special watch to indicate whether or not it’s a goal.
- 4,200 tests have been run in Brazil, each of which have been accurate with their results.
- Although FIFA had earlier considered the technology, the debacle of last year’s World Cup where a wrong decision resulted in Germany winning one of the matches in the 2nd round over England.
- Its all the more important considering the referee has no vantage point for his decision, and even a high-speed camera not sufficing for quick decisions.
- The goal-line technology is the most reliable even when many of its cameras are blocked by the players. There is no room for manipulation of data as the system is not connected to internet.
- Read at: http://epaperbeta.timesofindia.com/Article.aspx?eid=31806&articlexml=TECH-SCORES-FIRST-GOAL-11062014024024#
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