A new kind of streaming technology is set to make quite the splash in Allentown, Pa. Minor league baseball’s Lehigh Valley IronPigs announced on Tuesday plans to bring a pee-controlled urinal video game system to their home field when the season begins next month. Yes, that’s right: a pee-controlled urinal video game system. The technology, trumpeted by the team as a first in the sports world, comes via UK company Captive Media, and is a partnership with a local hospital system to promote men’s prostate health at minor league baseball’s most-frequented stadium. But enough with the boring details. Let’s get down to what’s important: how this bit of cutting-edge tech actually works. First, a male baseball fan walks into any of Coca-Cola Park’s many men’s rooms. He swaggers up to his urinal of choice, noticing a video monitor mounted near eye level on the wall, above.
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Shelly Palmer is the Professor of Advanced Media in Residence at Syracuse University’s S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications and CEO of The Palmer Group, a consulting practice that helps Fortune 500 companies with AI strategy, implementation and governance, as well as technology, media and marketing. Named one of LinkedIn’s Top Voices in Technology, he is a bestselling author, covers tech and business for Fox 5’s Good Day New York, is a regular commentator on CNN, and writes the popular daily business blog Think About This. Follow @shellypalmer or visit shellypalmer.com.