Friday, October 16, 2009

Marathon runners can tweet on their feet | The Columbus Dispatch

Runners have another high-tech tool they can use as they're putting the miles behind them in the 30th annual Nationwide Better Health Columbus Marathon on Sunday.

This year, a computer chip embedded in runners' numbers will tweet their whereabouts and times when they cross five sensors along the route. That means friends and family members can follow runners by phone, Twitter accounts and Facebook pages...