{"id":71374,"date":"2018-06-15T17:30:34","date_gmt":"2018-06-15T22:30:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/?p=71374"},"modified":"2018-06-25T16:01:40","modified_gmt":"2018-06-25T21:01:40","slug":"the-rise-of-technology-in-sports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/the-rise-of-technology-in-sports\/","title":{"rendered":"The Rise of Technology in Sports"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Olivia Reiner and Darren Zaslau<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Medill Reports<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"dropcap\">In this episode of Medill Newsmakers, Olivia Reiner and Darren Zaslau investigate the impacts of sports technology on wearables and artificial intelligence.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Medill Newsmakers: The Rise of Sports Technology\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/275493665?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div class=\"featurecaption\">Photo at top: Sports technology being used in soccer. 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