A fitness sensor that has been built into a number of smart garments that people use to monitor things such as heart rate during workouts, will soon also aid elderly people who are at a high risk of falling. Sensoria, a maker of smart sports bras, shirts and socks, as well as a running app […]
Four sports technology startups, including the women-focused fan video brand The Relish and automated highlights clipper Reely, were announced this week to Stadia Ventures’ accelerator program for sports business startups. Winners named to the fall 2017 cohort of the Sports Business Accelerator — Reely, The Relish, RockDaisy and UPGRADED — were pulled from more […]
NEW YORK — While analytics have already permeated the basketball discourse enough that anyone can identify that the most efficient shots are close-range 2-pointers and 3-pointers, those broad parameters lack pertinent details in evaluating the quality of a shot: the defender’s proximity and wingspan, his matchup history with the shooter and even his passing options. […]
Two miles off the coast of San Francisco’s Ocean Beach not far from where the powerful currents of the bay pour into the Pacific Ocean under the Golden Gate Bridge, a beacon in the water is collecting hyper-local data about the ocean in preparation for a major event. At Red Bull Heavy Water, an extreme […]
Daytona International Speedway is a massive complex with 480 acres of a race track, sprawling lake-bearing infield and capacity for more than 100,000 roaring fans. The front stretch alone extends nearly a mile long in this coastal Florida town with a notoriously fickle weather pattern. That’s one of many difficulties meteorologists face in forecasting weather […]
