Have you ever imagined that one day, cooking, making tea and even communicating can be done by robots instead of humans? During this year's Winter Olympics, Beijing is staging such "unmanned" scenes. When athletes from different countries stayed in the Winter Olympic Village, they found that many services were done by various robots and AI. Some foreign media described the Winter Olympics as a science fiction movie, with all kinds of "black technology" becoming the darling of public opinion on social media and rapidly becoming popular. (China News Weekly, Feb. 16)
From the bid, preparation to the official opening, the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics has always been based on the concept of "Technology Olympics". The deep integration of cutting-edge technology with the Games is not only reflected in the specific application scenes seen by the public, but also as a "volt line" that runs throughout the Games. From the moment athletes from all over the world set foot on the land of Beijing and started to prepare for the games, the "whole chain" type technology supporting service system has been running at full power. Whether it is the interactive robots providing life services for the athletes in the Olympic Village, the AI image recognition equipment assisting the judges on the sports field, or the automated distribution system providing basic support for the Olympic logistics system behind the scenes, they are all part of this chain.
It is only one of the unexpected "by-products" of this system that has attracted admiration in the public opinion. In essence, these technologies are not additional embellishments used to "show off", but are internalized in the skeleton and texture of the Olympic work. The development and progress of science and technology should bring visible and tangible convenience and welfare to human beings. As an emerging power in the field of science and technology innovation, China is striving to make the power of science and technology accessible and tangible in the Olympic Games. This not only reflects China's sincerity and determination to host the Beijing Winter Olympics, but also is a realistic mapping of the technology ethic of "technology for good".
Public opinion will be many new technologies at the Winter Olympics called "black technology", both because these technologies give a strong "sense of the future", but also because most of these technologies are the first time in front of the public "debut ". In fact, can be applied on a large scale in today's technical achievements, must have long gone through a short cycle of research and development, improvement and verification. And to make these technologies from the laboratory concept products, into our side of the life partner within reach, need is the Winter Olympics such practice and "rehearsal".
Under the epidemic, the Winter Olympics had to be held in a closed-loop format. However, the distance between ordinary people and the Olympic Games has not been distanced. In addition to watching the games through the media, witnessing the heroic performance of first-class players from various countries in the ice and snow, and cheering for Chinese athletes, the Winter Olympics will also bring more permanent changes to our lives. All the "black technologies" that appear in the Winter Olympics will not be "disposable", but will create new possibilities for ordinary people's production and life in the future.
At the moment, some cutting-edge technologies may not yet have the external conditions to be popular in society, but in the long run, they will certainly shine in the future. From this perspective, the Beijing Winter Olympics, which is pursuing the concept of "Technology Olympics", is like a window to connect the present with the future. Some of the amazing "black technologies" today will soon "fly into ordinary people's homes". By then, people may have forgotten their "stunning debut" at the Winter Olympics, but the real-life contribution of "technology for the Winter Olympics" will never be forgotten.
