Google Fiber Enables Sick Boy To Pitch for MLB Game Remotely
Robotic pitching machine was developed by Deeplocal
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Google, agency Venables Bell & Partners and tech partner Deeplocal last night enabled a young boy with a rare blood disease to pitch for a Major League Baseball game remotely, via a robotic pitching machine. 13-year old baseball fan Nick LeGrande has severe aplastic anemia and because of his lowered immune system, he can’t be around large crowds; but from his home in Kansas City, he was able to throw the first pitch at an Oakland Athletics/Yankees game in Oakland, California via a telerobotic pitching machine that can be controlled over long distances through Google Fiber’s high-speed connection. Created by Deeplocal, the robot, equipped with a livestreaming camera, showed Nick the stadium in Oakland in real time as he tossed out the first pitch remotely.
Credits
- Date
- Jun 13, 2013
- Tech Partner :
- Deeplocal
- Art Director :
- Beau Hanson
- Copywriter :
- Jody Horn
- Copywriter :
- Lane Karczewski
- Director, Integrated Production :
- Craig Allen
- Agency Producer :
- Joyce Chen
- Field Producer :
- Jim Garcia
- Production Company :
- Arts & Sciences
- Director :
- Todd Krolczyk
- Director, Photography :
- Michael Lockridge
- Executive Producer :
- Mal Ward
- Executive Producer :
- Marc Marrie
- Executive Producer :
- Matt Aselton
- Producer :
- Dina Oberley
- Technology Partner :
- Deeplocal
- Technology Engineer :
- Patrick Miller
- Technology Engineer :
- Zach Olshenske
- Technology Engineer :
- Nick Stahlnecker
- Technology Engineer :
- Greg Baltus
- Technology Engineer :
- Will Hamilton
- Technology Engineer :
- Ray Giorgi
- Technology Engineer :
- Drew Hendrickson
- Streaming Video Provider :
- Influxis
- Editing Company :
- Arcade Edit
- Editor :
- Kim Bica
- Editor :
- Dean Miyahira
- Editorial Managing Director :
- Damian Stevens
- Editorial Executive Producer :
- Nicole Visram
- Editorial Producer :
- Eytan Gutman
- Editorial Producer :
- Leslie McCarthy
- Music :
- Extreme Music
- Mix :
- Loren Silber at Lime
- Color :
- Sean Coleman at Company 3
- Executive Creative Director :
- Paul Venables
- Executive Creative Director :
- Will McGinness
- Creative Director :
- Lee Einhorn
- Art Director :
- Ryan Carver
- Experience Designer :
- Teghan Tracy
- Experience Design Director :
- Aiden Bordner
- Director, Interactive Production :
- Manjula Nadkarni
- Senior Integrated Producer :
- Vivian Sarratt
- Integrated Producer :
- Amy Gatzert
- Production Company :
- Lumberyard
- Senior Motion Graphic Designer :
- Cristobal Fernandez-Labbe
- Creative and Technical Director :
- James Hagedorn
- Post Producer :
- Anna Fields
- Editor :
- Steve Courtney
- Editor :
- Danny Figueroa
- Color Producer :
- Matt Moran
- Brand :
- Google Fiber
- Client :
- Google Fiber
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