Heads in the game
The MIT Sports Lab collaborated with FIFA to implement semi-automated offside technology (SAOT) during the 2022 World Cup. This system uses data and sensors to provide referees with precise, real-time decisions on offside calls.
Why it matters
Demonstrates the increasing integration of advanced data analytics and computer vision in professional sports officiating.
The MIT Sports Lab helped develop a tool referees used to make clutch calls at the last World Cup, but their ongoing work with FIFA is just one of many collaborations with heavy hitters in sports.
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