Blue Friday in Seattle usually means you or your co-workers are wearing Seattle Seahawks jerseys or some such to work in preparation for the upcoming football action on Sunday. Now you can add a helmet to whatever spirited ensemble you’ve got going. Seahawks linebacker K.J. Wright has an official helmet as part of the team, but in a tweet he’s wearing a helmet filter over his head to promote a new Snapchat gimmick for the team’s fans on social media. The filter will be available throughout the weekend in the Seattle metro area for interested 12s. “Enjoy your Blue Friday.… Read More
As Russell Wilson describes the ethos of his new startup, it feels like you’re inside his Seahawks huddle, driving down the field in the fourth quarter. His words become sharp; the focus increases. You can hear the passion in his voice as the NFL star quarterback pumps you up and locks you in. “We all have our heroes,” Wilson told GeekWire in an interview last week. “No matter how successful or aspirational you want to be, we all have them, someone that we look up to. Those people can inspire us and make an impact — and we want TraceMe… Read More
Esports is a $700 million global industry, and growing rapidly. And while traditional sports fans may scoff at professional video gamers dueling in heated on-screen matchups of League of Legends or Overwatch, these competitions draw millions of dedicated and passionate online viewers. Now a Seattle startup wants to capitalize on this digital craze, offering esports fans a way to compete against each other while they watch live broadcasts of pro esports competitions. The idea of wagering on the outcomes of esports may seem bizarre to some — and quite meta. After all, it’s essentially a game going on inside of a game. But… Read More
Shwetak Patel and his colleagues at the University of Washington have already figured out how a smartphone can be used to measure blood pressure; to screen for pancreatic cancer; and to check for jaundice in newborns. Now the innovators are developing smartphone-based technology that could have a huge impact for how concussions are assessed in sports, military, and many other scenarios. PupilScreen is a new project out of the UW’s Ubicomplab that uses a combination of a smartphone’s camera and machine learning to analyze the pupil of someone suffering from a potential concussion. The technology is still in its early… Read More
The Apple Watch has found itself in the middle of a juicy controversy between baseball’s biggest rivals. Embed from Getty Images The New York Times reported Tuesday that the Boston Red Sox used Apple’s wearable device as part of a scheme to quickly relay stolen catcher’s signs during games against the New York Yankees, according to an MLB investigation. After receiving a complaint from the Yankees two weeks ago that included video of a Red Sox training staff member looking at his Apple Watch in the dugout, the league analyzed its own instant replay and broadcast video to confirm the… Read More
