How the U.S. Open Is Serving Up a Highly-Connected Experience in Real Time

Want to see if Serena Williams will make it to the next round of the 2012 U.S. Open based on how she's playing, feeling or even the weather?

Whether you're at home watching matches on TV or seeing them live at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York City, the event has rolled out a series of cutting-edge tech efforts that brings fans right into the action, thanks to predictive technology and analytics collected by IBM.

IBM is delivering a high-tech experience for spectators, including a sleek new iPad app [iTunes link] that streams match data, player analysis, video and tweets in real time, as well as an interactive touchscreen wall at the event that shows what…
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