Wimbledon: The tech behind the world’s top tennis tournament
From the archives: There's a surprising amount of cool tech for a 140-year-old event.
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Sebastian Anthony
Editor of Ars Technica UK
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Sebastian Anthony is the editor of Ars Technica UK. He holds an engineering degree with "Computer Games" in the title (yes, really), and has a professional background in programming, system administration, electronic engineering, and photography. Sebastian is interested in just about every aspect of science and technology, and how they stretch, contort, and transform the fabric of modern society. He writes on a variety of topics, but it is emerging science and the future of technology that really gets him excited. Sebastian lives in London, England.
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