This is an interesting “Geeks Eye” behind the scenes look at the Target Chip Ganassi Indy Car Team.
Robert Scoble grabs a cam-corder and takes a look at the technology the team use including Tablet PC’s, Microsoft software like One-Note, Excel, Office and web collaboration. It’s not all compu-speak as there is a bunch of interesting racing related discussion with team members of the likes you just don’t see on TV (why not?).Unfortunately there is only a brief shot of their Kiwi Driver Scott Dixon.
It’s a big download, 256 MB, so don’t try this on dial-up but well worth a look for car racing geeks (like me!).
Target Indy Race Team - Inside the technology of a race team (3 videos)
In October we travelled to meet the Target Indy Race Team (Chip Ganassi Racing) to find out how the Target team uses the technology.OK, OK, a Microsoft employee, Eric Maino got us tickets and introduced us to the team. We knew the Target team uses lots of Microsoft stuff, so we were very fortunate to get into the garage and other behind-the-scenes areas…