The development of race cars and
high performance vehicles for NASCAR, Formula One, Rally, and etc. is
considered as a waste of resources, both intellectual and fossil, by many.
However, TED proves that opinion to be increasing false and obsolete. Excluding
NASCAR (all they do is make a left turn), Peter van Manen,
of the McLaren-Mercedes Formula 1 team, demonstrates that the same technology
that is used to monitor during tuning, test runs, and racing can actually be
used on patients to provide better healthcare for them. In the experiment, they
were able to detect the patients’ hearth attack before the current medical
hardware already in place. Leaps like this suggest that the world of racing and
the world of medicine will be increasingly overlap: not only providing
entertainment but also medicinal relief.
Let’s be clear. The technology that
Manen refers to is not the simple speedometer or odometer we are used to seeing
on our sedans and coupes. The technology is extremely sophisticated and
advanced. Don’t believe me? In 2014 every Formula 1 car was fitted with an ultrasonic
sensor designed to tell the FIA exactly how fast fuel is being used. Technology
like this attributes to the cost of one car to around about 10million dollars.
And the technology is just improving and becoming more intricate.
In short, don’t make fun of a racing
fan because you think they are pointlessly infatuated in four wheels and
steering wheel.
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