Here's an angle worth looking at: Photographer Mark Duncan has just made the first AP Olympic image shot with a controllable overhead robotic camera. He did it at the Aquatics Center, where AP will be producing imagery shot with such cameras throughout the Olympic games — both underwater and above.Airspace above North Brabant province usually is used by Dutch F16 pilots as a training area, but authorities say the Top Guns are going to spread their wings elsewhere over the country and the North Sea to make way for London-bound Olympic flights carrying athletes or spectators.
Miles of cables have been installed by news organizations and some have been inadvertently damaged in the rush by builders to get everything ready. At the hockey venue inside the Olympic Park, new fences were fitted for safety reasons — and they've damaged crucial wiring.Worst-case scenario: Major cabling damage could theoretically close off an entire venue in terms of data transmission — whether text, photos or TV images.
Technicians are being sent back repeatedly to check that everything's OK — and they're worried. Wednesday is the last day anyone's officially allowed to wire things up and yet there's potential for damage for several more days.potted at the Olympic Park McDonald's: a camera crew interviewing a cashier about the delicacies under the Golden Arches. Must be a slow news day.
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