Articles
Long-form pieces on how event technology works, with the evidence: the radio, the SportIdent cards, the results and the events we have run.
Event technology · Latest Radio controls won’t flatten your SIAC Many organisers limit radio controls to protect competitors’ SIAC batteries. We worked out what turning on “Send last record” really costs. It’s about 0.2% of a SIAC’s battery life where radios are listening, about 1% at worst, and nothing at all for the controls. Tate Needham · 8 min read Read the article → In print
Pieces about meshO in The Australian Orienteer.
December 2024, p. 44meshO – a success storyTate Needham. The first large competition run with the new radio controls — the Australian MTBO Championships in Canberra, 17–20 October 2024.Read the PDF → 
June 2024, p. 26Applying for funds from the Moira Whiteside Orienteering BequestHania Lada interviews Tate Needham. The grant that brought the radio controls’ timeline forward.Read the PDF →