Mexico. The Pan American Games, which will be held from October 13 to 30, 2011, in Guadalajara, Jalisco, will not only provide athletes and attendees with new sports scenarios, but also a first-class technological and information infrastructure.According to Carlos Durán, manager of technologies and information of the Organizing Committee of the 2011 Pan American Games (Copag), the technology that will be installed in the sports complexes will be made up of energy support, electronic boards, timing and information system within the facilities, electronic scoreboards and a camera system that will allow you to see the repetitions instantly.
In the shooting pavilion (pictured) 50 stalls will be installed for athletes to shoot, and 50 Swiss computers that will allow to see the athletes if they hit "on target", in addition, the target has acoustic sensors and four microphones that calculate where the impact hit.
Durán added that all the venues will have wireless Internet for the area of athletes, committees and press, as well as energy support, lighting, scoring systems, as well as audio and video appropriate to the type of discipline.
As for the information area, 1,200 people will work in IT so that the results of the games are on the official website instantly, also covering the areas of accreditations, technological support, networks and telecommunications, information systems and project planning.
