Team presidents from six Bay Area professional sports teams will gather at the San Francisco 49ers’ Levi’s Stadium on Thursday to share their ideas about how technology, analytics and strategy can advance the success of pro sports in their region. At the 49ers’ second-annual Innovation & Business Strategy conference, which will take place on May […]
German tracking company Kinexon is set to embed its sensors in the handballs used during the men’s Velux Champions League Final4 event in Cologne on May 26 and 27. Announced yesterday by the European Handball Federation, this means that fans will get real-time analysis of a ball’s motion during each contest. That could mean shot […]
Fitbit is looking to track far more than just your steps. The company is expanding its digital health efforts by teaming up with Google to connect its wearable devices to the healthcare system. As part of the companies’ partnership, Fitbit will use Google’s new Cloud Healthcare API, an open-source tool designed to connect healthcare providers […]
PlaySight, the cloud-based video and analytics platform used by professional teams and athletes for training, has raised $21 million in a Series C funding round that includes investment from SoftBank, the Japanese giant that has been building a diverse portfolio of tech startups. SoftBank, through its $100 billion Vision Fund that it established in 2016 […]
When potential #1 overall NFL draft pick Sam Darnold was training last summer, his coach Jordan Palmer noticed he’d developed an elongated throwing motion on longer passes and was wasting time and energy. Deploying a Wilson football with undetectable sensors, Palmer and Darnold evaluated alternative throwing motions for long passes and were able to come […]
