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Tata Launches First Challenge
Of The 2015 F1® Connectivity
Innovation Prize

Tata Communications takes real-time data
visualisation to the next level with the first challenge
of the 2015 F1® Connectivity Innovation Prize...

T

ata
Communications
has
announced the first challenge of
the 2015 F1® Connectivity Innovation
Prize. The goal of the USD$50,000
prize, launched last year, is to inspire
technical visionaries and creative
minds worldwide to harness innovation
in Formula 1® racing through two
technology challenges.
The first challenge has been set
by the MERCEDES AMG PETRONAS
Formula One™ Team and unveiled
by their driver Lewis Hamilton, the
2014 FIA Formula One™ Drivers' World
Champion and also a judge on the prize

panel. The challenge is to design a new
approach for displaying critical race
car telemetry and sensor data, such
as tyre degradation and temperature,
airflow, aerodynamics, throttle, brake
and oil temperature, and movements
inside the gear box, for use on the pit
wall, in the garage and at the team
headquarters during track sessions.
The aim is to help give the team a
competitive advantage by empowering
engineers on the pitwall at the race
track as well as at the factory in the
UK, to make more accurate decisions
through the visualisation of big data

SmallHD's 500 Series
Firmware Update

S

mallHD, pioneers of compact, HD luminance or individual RGB levels in
field monitors and accessories, HD resolution, and on-screen Audio
released an extensive set of new Meters accompanied by Audio Line
features for the brand new 501 and 502 Headphone Output.
Full HD 5-inch on-camera monitors via
Convenient new viewing functions
firmware upgrade version 1.0.
include the Canon DSLR Scale that
SmallHD's new 500 Series monitors enables filling the entire screen
are compact and deliver 1920x1080 with the image when using Canon
resolution
images
DSLR
cameras.
on a vibrant five
Regardless of camera
inch screen - initially
used,
the
Auto
launched with handy
Image Flip function
features like framing
automatically orients
guides, focus assist,
images
right-sideSmallHD's Audio Meters
false colour and zebra
up even when the
exposure indicators, as well as 3D LUT monitor is mounted up-side-down.
import capability.
Wide screen shooters will appreciate
The free firmware advance instantly the Anamorphic De-squeeze that
upgrades both 500 Series monitors displays a normal image even when
with an enhanced toolset of features shooting with anamorphic lenses.
starting with Image Capture of up
And for those that require extreme
to 1080p raw images from the live colour flexibility, there's now access
camera feed. Additionally, Image to the Display Calibration LUT ("LookOverlay lets users load any JPEG - Up Table") within each monitor,
including an image capture - from permitting the user to replace the
the SD card and display it at varying factory-generated Rec.709 colour
opacity levels over the live camera calibration with another 3D LUT file
feed, providing an instant comparison from a colour management application
between two shots.
like Lightspace CMS.
New analysis tools include HD
The free Firmware 1.0 update is
Waveform which displays monitor available now.

(L-R) David Coulthard, former Formula 1® race driver
for Williams McLaren and Red Bull; Mehul Kapadia, Managing Director
of F1 Business at Tata Communications; World racing champion Lewis Hamilton;
Martin Brundle, F1® commentator for Sky Sports F1®; and John Morrison,
Chief Technical of Formula One Management
®

analytics in real-time.
Lewis Hamilton says: "Technology
shapes our lives and drives us forward
and I know the F1® Connectivity
Innovation Prize will deliver some
amazing and innovative thinking again.
I'm really looking forward to seeing the
ideas that come out of the competition
and to helping judge the entries."
In addition to Lewis Hamilton, the
judging panel includes John Morrison,
Chief Technical Officer of Formula One
Management; Paddy Lowe, Executive
Director (Technical) of the MERCEDES
AMG PETRONAS Formula One™ Team;
David Coulthard, former Formula 1®
race driver for Williams, McLaren and
Red Bull and BBC Sport commentator;
and Martin Brundle, F1® commentator
for Sky Sports F1®. They are joined by
Mehul Kapadia, Managing Director of
F1® Business at Tata Communications.
Julie Woods-Moss, Chief Marketing
Officer and CEO of Nextgen Business
at Tata Communications, says: "The F1®
Connectivity Innovation Prize is about
inspiring the brightest minds around
the world to harness their ingenuity,
technical know-how and passion
for F1® to look at new techniques, to
experience Formula 1® through bold
thinking and continuous innovation.
As the volume of data gathered during
each race continues to grow, we call on
the entrants to show us their creative
flair and design a visually compelling
way for displaying all this data."
New judge for 2015 David Coulthard

says: "Two things are the lifeblood of
Formula 1® racing - the bravery and
skill of the drivers and the technology.
It's this fragile balance of elements
that draws the public to the sport. This
prize is about championing technology,
as the heated debate around its role in
motor racing continues."
The second challenge will be set by
Formula One Management in August.
The Grand Prize of the F1®
Connectivity Innovation Prize is a
cheque for $50,000 and a bespoke
trophy, to be presented to the winner
at the end of the season in November.
The five runners-up of both challenges
will be awarded VIP trips to the final
of the 2015 FIA Formula One World
Championship, the 2015 Formula 1
Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.
A full brief for the first F1®
Connectivity
Innovation
Prize
challenge can be downloaded from
the F1® Connectivity Innovation Prize
website. The closing date for the first
challenge is July 13th at 9:00am BST.
The winner of last year's grand
prize came from the UK. The team's
novel
crowdsourcing-based
idea
demonstrated how F1® fans around
the world could be empowered
to contribute to the process of
cataloguing over 60,000 hours of
video in Formula One Management's
digital archive.
Read about the winning team's
experience on the F1® Connectivity
Innovation Prize website.
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