catalogs some of the technologies which will help the Chinese the Olympics - supercomputers to help control the weather, cyber-warfare against sites which illegally broadcast the event, streaming video of selected events, physical security with face recognition software, radioactive isotope detectors and race timing with lasers, high-speed cameras and sensors.
catalogs the efforts of Atos Origin, the main systems integrator at the event. "the IT preparations in Beijing started with four people in November 2004 and by the time of the games there will be 4,000 people working on IT. That number will drop to zero again three months after the games, and preparations for London 2012 start in earnest."
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