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IoT Sports – History of IoT in Sports

The history of IoT in sports dates from the 1950s when Charles Reep, accountant and a Royal Air Force officer, pioneered the idea of data capture in the sport of soccer. While watching soccer matches, he created a system of paper notation to record players’ moves. It took him three months to wade through the data produced by the 1958 World Cup final. Reep had … Continue reading IoT Sports – History of IoT in Sports »