Mario Hytten collects 1st prize in the AI category

making a splash at SMASH

Swedish pioneering AI Navicam™ technology

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Published on: November 29, 2017 by Peta Milan Category: Internal News, News, Press Release Comment

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Helsinki – 29th November 2017 – SMASH sports & tech event.

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Swedish company CAPTIMAX www.captimax.com – with its unique robotic camera technology, Navicam™ won the AI category at this years SMASH sports & tech event in Finland.

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The unique technology enables tracking targets (vehicles or athletes) ensuring that the movement of the camera is perfectly synchronised with the movement of the object it is filming.

 

Navicam™ technology is also used in the spectacular new start-up venture: Skyrace! Open to investors in the coming months. Skyrace is a partnership of Planetaire www.planetaire.co and Transcendent Media Capital www.transcendent-media.com launching the worlds first environmentally friendly sport & e-sport competition and an international World Cup. 

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The Navicam™ technology attached to the gliders of Skyrace, each glider knowing where the other one is, in order to film the race from the air without helicopters; all in a seamless, captivating spectacle of what will be – the fastest race on earth.

The AI category win at the SMASH event was enthusiastically received by CEO of Captimax & Planetaire: Mario Hytten, former professional racing driver and visionary entrepreneur.

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The prize for winning the SMASH competition is a one-week road-show to potential technical partners and venture capital houses in Silicon Valley in March 2018, with the endorsement and support of Nordic Innovation House.

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http://sportsmash.net/2017/11/26/fact-sheet-nordic-sports-tech-challenge-final-smash/

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For additional information on Captimax and Skyrace contact peta@transcendent-media