While the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea are just around the corner, attention is already turning to the 2020 Summer Olympics and Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan as reports indicate that facial recognition will be used as a security mea…
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A robot sawed through a wall while carrying the Olympic flame (and yet humanity still stands)
It’s 2017 so of course the phrase, “a robot cut through a wall to pass the Olympic torch on to its creator” is a real sentence to describe a real thing that actually happened.
On Monday, “Hubo,” a robot created at the Korean Advanced Instit…
Gabby Douglas reveals that she, too, was abused by Olympic team doctor
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Olympic gold-medalist Gabby Douglas is joining more than 100 women — including Olympic gymnasts Aly Raisman and McKayla Maroney — who’ve accused former USA Gymnastics team physician Larry Nassar of sexual abuse.
The 21-year-old gymnast shared a lengthy Instagram post with fans on Tuesday, opening up about her past experiences with the physician and apologizing again for recent controversial comments she made about sexual assault and women’s responsibility to dress appropriately.
“I know that no matter what you wear, it NEVER gives anyone the right to harass or abuse you,” Douglas wrote, apologizing again to her former teammates and fans. “It would be like saying that because of the leotards we wore, it was our fault we were abused by Larry Nassar.” Read more…
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Boston Dynamics robot can now nail a backflip and land steadily on its feet
The humanoid robot from Boston Dynamics that was once beat up by a jerk human and later stumbled on stage during an important presentation is now jumping and flipping like it’s nothing.
Atlas just nailed a backflip during an epic parkour routine. Is …
NBC will live stream a record 1,800 hours of the 2018 Winter Olympic Games
NBC will live stream the 2018 Olympic Winter Games from PyeongChang, South Korea, the company announced today. Its coverage will include 1,800 hours of games – a record for a Winter Olympics. It’s also the first time the Winter Games will offer live streaming of NBC’s broadcast network.
The streaming coverage will include a combination of authenticated TV viewing and… Read More
Olympic fencer Ibtihaj Muhammad is getting her own Barbie
Barbie’s newest “Shero” is Olympic fencer Ibtihaj Muhammad.
Muhammad made history in 2016 as the first American athlete to compete in the Olympics while wearing a hijab, and now she’s breaking barriers again as the first hijab-wearing Barbie doll.…
Gymnast Aly Raisman reveals she was also sexually abused by Olympic doctor
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Another troubling account of sexual harassment has come to light.
Aly Raisman, the 23-year-old gold-medal-winning member of the Fierce Five, revealed that she was sexually abused by former USA Gymnastics team physician Larry Nassar.
Last month, Raisman’s London Olympics teammate McKayla Maroney revealed that Nassar had molested her several times, starting when she was 13. Using the “Me Too” hashtag — which was created to support women sharing their abuse experiences after dozens accused producer Harvey Weinstein of sexual assault — Maroney revealed her harrowing interactions with the doctor. Read more…
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