Source: news.discovery.com
The U.S. team's two-man bobsled has gotten a high-tech makeover just in time for the Winter Olympics in Sochi, using lessons from race car technology to pick up speed in a quest for its first gold medal since 1936.
German automaker BMW joined the U.S. Bobsled federation in 2012 in a project to redesign the sled's aerodynamics. The idea was to find a way to shave off a few seconds by making the sled zip down the track more efficiently, according to Michael....