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Tiger Woods and Co. are meshing sports and technology in a way never seen before | Golf News and Tour Information

Tiger Woods and Co. are meshing sports and technology in a way never seen before | Golf News and Tour Information

Like many inspired ideas, this one was doodled out in its early stages on a napkin. Former NBC Sports president of golf Mike McCarley, who was scouting new business prospects, and Ryan Dotters, the CEO of the Full Swing golf simulator company, were at the 2019 PGA Merchandise Show in Florida and sharing their aspirations over beers at the hotel bar.

McCarley had an idea that might revolutionize televised golf, and Dotters was the man who could help him make it happen. McCarley envisioned an indoor arena, filled with a couple thousand spectators who would watch the likes of Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy lead their teams in weekly head-to-head matchups in primetime.

The golf would be played in front of a giant simulator screen and on putting greens with technology so nifty that the surface could be re-fashioned for every hole.

Woods already was a fan of Full Swing,

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Xcyte Digital goes public with one-stop immersive event technology | 2023-11-21 | Investing News

Xcyte Digital goes public with one-stop immersive event technology | 2023-11-21 | Investing News

Xcyte Digital Corp. (TSXV:XCYT) has accrued more than 150,000 events with more than 100 million participants through its acquired business assets.

The company provides immersive technology solutions – which include virtual, augmented and extended reality for companies to connect with its audiences and deploy its brand. Xcyte offers a one-stop shop for all the event technology and managed services for immersive and virtual events.

Randy Selman, CEO and director of Xcyte Digital, joins The Market Herald to discuss Xcyte’s cost efficient immersive event platform, the move to take the company public, and details on what investors can expect from the company in the short and longer term.

TMH: Now, to start off, could you please tell us about your background in the industry?

Selman: I started my career in Toronto, Canada, with Northern Telecom Nortel. I was hired as a result of my knowledge of microcomputers, which as an

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How technology is helping municipalities crack down on illegal short-term rentals

How technology is helping municipalities crack down on illegal short-term rentals

During what Orest Katolyk calls the “wild west” of short-term rentals — the time before regulations were put in place — bylaw officers in London, Ont., would have to rent properties listed on websites like Airbnb to check for infractions.

“We actually rented a shed several years ago that was near Western University, and it was being rented out as a kind of overnight stay for $35 a night,” said Katolyk, director of municipal compliance for the City of London.

The city had been fielding complaints from neighbours throughout the school year. Renting the property was a necessary step that allowed them to prosecute the case.

In recent years, municipal governments across Canada have strengthened regulations to limit short-term rentals. Enforcing those rules, however, can be tricky because most listings don’t include an address.

But the jobs of investigators like Katolyk are getting a lot easier thanks to new tech

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Europe’s longest hyperloop test track revives futuristic tube transport hype | Hyperloop

Europe’s longest hyperloop test track revives futuristic tube transport hype | Hyperloop

The longest hyperloop test track in Europe has opened, raising faint hopes once more that the maglev meets vacuum tube transport technology could be the future.

Operators said the facility would help prove the hyperloop’s feasibility, saying it could allow a 6,200-mile (10,000km) network of high-speed tubes to be in place around the continent by 2050.

As it stands, the European Hyperloop Center test bed in Veendam is not so much a loop as a 420-metre-long forked white pipe running alongside the railway and road that must still be used, for now, to transport people around this corner of the Netherlands.

Made of 34 interconnected prefabricated 2.5-metre-wide steel cylinders, the partly EU-funded test pipe is somewhat shorter than the 2-mile track envisaged in 2020, and allows speeds of only a fraction of the 620mph (1000km/h) that proponents believe the technology can achieve.

The test track at the European Hyperloop Center
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Developing countries double down on technology at Havana summit

Developing countries double down on technology at Havana summit

(1/5)Brazil’s President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva speaks during the G77+ China summit in Havana, Cuba, September 16, 2023. REUTERS/Alexandre Meneghini Acquire Licensing Rights

HAVANA, Sept 16 (Reuters) – Developing nations on Saturday declared Sept. 16 the annual “Day of Science, Technology and Innovation in the South” as they prepared to wrap up a two-day summit on the subject.

“We note with deep concern the existing disparities between developed and developing countries in terms of conditions, possibilities and capacities to produce new scientific and technological knowledge,” the final declaration of the G77 group of developing nations and China said.

“We call upon the international community, the United Nations System and the International Financial Institutions to support the efforts of the countries of the South to develop and strengthen their national science, technology and innovation systems,” the organization, which now counts 134 countries, stated.

The statement cited the pandemic and

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