{"id":372720,"date":"2010-02-28T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-02-28T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"Gizmodo-5482101"},"modified":"2010-02-28T11:00:00","modified_gmt":"2010-02-28T16:00:00","slug":"the-world-cup-goes-high-tech-world-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/372720","title":{"rendered":"The World Cup Goes High-Tech [World Cup]"},"content":{"rendered":"

From the ball to special uniforms that make you jump higher, this year’s World Cup<\/a> could very well be the most techie soccer tournament<\/a> the world’s ever seen.<\/p>\n

The ball, for example (called the Jabulani, fyi), isn’t stitched together—it’s thermally bonded. It’s also the roundest ball ever created for a World Cup. Last I checked it was about $140 and available to the public, so get Googlin’ if you want to kick around a near perfect, leak proof sphere.<\/p>\n

<\/a>Those uniforms I mentioned? Somehow, thanks to specially designed Adidas “TechFit” crisscrosses in the back, they allegedly help a player increase vertical leap, speed, endurance and power by anywhere from 0.8 to 4 percentage points throughout a match. Sounds like snake oil<\/a> to me, but that could just be jealousy talking since I didn’t have access to the tech during my team’s 11-3 drubbing yesterday afternoon. You can see the shirt on number 8 in this video:<\/p>\n