Wide Angle: Winter Olympics, Vancouver 2010
Follow our continuing coverage of the 2010 Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver, including the latest sports technologies, great legends, historical events, and more.
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Olympic Medals Made from E-Waste
For the first time, Olympians will be wearing medals that contain gold, silver and copper recovered from old electronics.
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Colossal Net Sculpture Floats Over Olympic Stadium
How artist Janet Echelman uses technology and engineering to create monumental works of public art.
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Skiers Wear High-Tech Armor, Why Not Lugers?
Could the same protective body suit armor that protects skiers Lindsey Vonn and Bode Miller also prevent serious injury for other Winter Olympics athletes?
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Top 5 Dangerous Winter Olympic Sports
The death of Olympic luger Nodar Kumaritashvili of Georgia during a practice run at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver pointed out how dangerous winter Olympic sports can be. We look at the Top 5 most dangerous sports in these Olympics.
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Georgian Luger Dies During Olympic Training
This rare fatality has cast a pall over the Winter Games and renewed concerns about the safety of the luge track.
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Rain Defeats Tech at the Winter Olympics
The future of the Winter Olympics is uncertain and I fear that no amount of green tech will be able to save the snow.
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Swedish Skiers Seek High-Tech Olympic Advantage
It's very cool that Sweden has an entire research center devoted to winter sports, and it has a simple goal: harness all manner of biomechanical research and technology to help Swedish athletes excel.
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The Olympic Torch Is 'Green'
At the 2010 Olympics in Vancouver, this ancient symbol is getting modernized and going green.
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Legends of the Winter Olympics
Explore some of the greatest heroes and champions of the Winter Olympic Games in this slide show.
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Technologies Transforming Sports: TOP 10
Our top 10 list of technologies that are changing the way sports are practiced, played, scored and watched.
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Engineering a Better Olympic Athlete
Gene doping could be used to modify an athlete's own genes to increase muscle mass or boost red blood cell production.
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Cloud Tower Will Grace Olympic Skies: BIG PIC
Slender towers capped with inflatable spheres will grace the skies over London in 2012.
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