This post is for the tech geeks - myself included! China will be using IPV6 technology to transmit real time footage of Olympic events to live television broadcasting systems and video streaming on the internet.

Most of the events will be broadcast in high definition. Most internet systems still use IPv4. An IP address is similar to a telephone number and with the rapid growth in the internet, the world is running out of IP addresses.

Only newer operating systems like Vista and MAC OSX come with IPv6 already turned on. NBC will be streaming events on its website, but only people with the Microsoft Vista operating system will be able to view them.

Read more: Beijing Olympics Putting IPv6 To The Test