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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