02/21/2014

Can Technology Build a Better Athlete?

9:41 minutes

From high tech skating suits to BMW-engineered bobsled to faster ski wax, has the Olympics become a technology race? Wired editor Mark McClusky discusses the future of sports technology and how we draw the line between a innovation and “tech doping.”

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Mark McClusky

Mark McClusky is editor of Wired.com in San Francisco, California.

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