As the U.S. women’s ice hockey team skated to its first Olympic gold medal since 1998, stitched into the sweaters on the backs of every player was a small motion sensor weighing fewer than 10 grams and transmitting reams of data over a dedicated frequency to antennas installed throughout the arena. Combined with camera-tracking of the puck, the Omega Timing system can tally each’s player number of shifts, passes, speed, acceleration, time on ice and more.
That information is generated, processed and distributed in fewer than 100 milliseconds, with some of the statistics displayed on television broadcasts or on the stadium scoreboard.