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Watching the World Cup On a 3-D TV: Is Anyone Tuning In?
The Third DementionJohn MahoneyWhen I decided to invite some people over to my house last Friday to watch the World Cup on a new 50-inch plasma 3-D TV, a loaner from Panasonic, I made the mistake of...
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Sophisticated Mathematical Model Predicts Spain Will Win World Cup Final
Soccer MathUniversity of LondonThis graph shows the Spanish team passes the ball much more frequently than the Dutch team, which a University of London mathematics team predicts will lead the Spanish...
View ArticleHow Humans Manipulate the Planet For The Sake of a Good Game
It only takes one rained-out Little League game to make a sports lover resent Mother Nature. Now some of today's scientists and other bigwigs have taken it upon themselves to say: "no more." Not...
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How To Build A Better World Cup Ball
Photograph by Sam KaplanAt the 2010 World Cup, Adidas debuted the Jabulani, the tournament’s official game ball. It flopped. Players lamented its tendency to break unpredictably in the air—a...
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Human In Robotic Exoskeleton To Kick Off The World Cup
The Exoskeletal LegsMiguel NicolelisThe most significant moment of the 2014 World Cup may take place not in the tournament's final match, but in its earliest minutes. If all goes according to plan, at...
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International Space Station Astronauts Will Watch The World Cup
Video of sLwW3pdXkFoAstronauts aboard the International Space Station recorded and posted this message yesterday, for the teams on the ground kicking off the World Cup today. The Expedition 40 crew...
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The Technology Behind The 2014 World Cup [Infographic]
This infographic comes courtesy of the folks at the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, whom we imagine know what they're talking about. Still curious about some of the things you see in...
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The Aerodynamics Of The World Cup Soccer Ball, In GIFs
Brazuca Ball in a Wind TunnelNASA's Ames Research CenterNASA stuck a World Cup soccer ball into some of its aerodynamics testing chambers because why not. NASA is not involved in developing or testing...
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The Week In Drones: Pepper Spray Paintballs, Celebrity Selfies, And More
A Port In Cannes, FranceGuy Lebègue, via Wikimedia CommonsHere's a roundup of the week's top drone news, designed to capture the military, commercial, non-profit, and recreational applications of...
View ArticleHappy Fifth Birthday, Instagram
My, how Instagram has grown. Launched five years ago today, the photo- and video-sharing platform has quickly become one of the world's top ten social media sites, after giants like its parent company,...
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Human In Robotic Exoskeleton To Kick Off The World Cup
Science The brain-controlled augmented suit was developed to give mobility to victims of paralysis. The most significant moment of the 2014 World Cup may take place not in the tournament's final...
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International Space Station Astronauts Will Watch The World Cup
Technology Soccer in space Astronauts aboard the International Space Station recorded and posted this message yesterday, for the teams on the ground kicking off the World Cup today. The Expedition 40…
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The Technology Behind The 2014 World Cup [Infographic]
Technology Plus some cool numbers, like the amount of data traffic organizers expect attendees to generate This infographic comes courtesy of the folks at the Institute of Electrical and Electronics...
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The Aerodynamics Of The World Cup Soccer Ball, In GIFs
Technology Some demos from NASA's Ames Research Center NASA stuck a World Cup soccer ball into some of its aerodynamics testing chambers because why not. NASA is not involved in developing or testing...
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The Week In Drones: Pepper Spray Paintballs, Celebrity Selfies, And More
Technology Keeping up with the droneses Here's a roundup of the week's top drone news, designed to capture the military, commercial, non-profit, and recreational applications of unmanned aircraft....
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Happy Fifth Birthday, Instagram
Technology A look back at some of Popular Science's best Instagram moments My, how Instagram has grown. Launched five years ago today, the photo- and video-sharing platform has quickly become one of...
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How the new World Cup ball was designed to not influence the games
Science The quest for the perfect soccer ball continues. Every four years there’s a new ball for the World Cup—and every four years players are unhappy with it. Maybe it’s too light and has too much...
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The biomechanics of a perfect penalty kick
Science Something to keep in mind during the World Cup: it's harder than it looks. World Cup fever is well and truly underway—there have already been highs, the lows, and definitely a few penalties.
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The complex physics behind bending it like a World Cup player
Science Fluid dynamics experts weigh in on how Ronaldo and Pavard score seemingly impossible goals. For a player at this level, bending the ball is an intuitive motion, just a kick to the edge of the...
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Why are some athletes able to compete into their 40s?
Health Training, motivation, and luck are key to a long athletic career. The time it takes the body to lose its peak performance might be lengthening. Could 40 be the new 20? Based on current elite...
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