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National Science Foundation: Science of the Summer Olympics: Engineering in Sports: Measuring a Champion

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An electrical engineer explains all the technology behind keeping time at an Olympic event down to thousandths of a second. These include cameras, lasers, and even RFID tags. Timekeeping must be both precise and accurate. [5:34]

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  • Knovation Readability Score: 5 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)
  • The intended use for this resource is Instructional