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Tennessee Football Creates Their Own DIY Virtual Reality System

With 24 years as the Sports Technology Coordinator at the University of Tennessee under his belt, Joe Harrington’s job description primarily includes the compiling and editing of game and practice tapes, along with cataloging those, digitizing them and managing Tennessee’s video department. In other words, Harrington is the go-to-guy if you are a Tennessee football […]

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Speedo Dives Into Wearable Market With Shine, Powered By Misfit

This morning, Speedo and Misfit, a company that produces wearables and other smart gear, announced their partnering on a new swim tracker—Speedo Shine. While the wearable, which fits like a wristwatch, is generally useful for all fitness, it is specially designed for swimming. The software within the Speedo Shine uses unique algorithms to count the […]

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Easton Bringing Sensors To Baseball Bat With Help Of Blast Motion

Baseball has always been a game of statistics and numbers. Recently, with improvements in technology, those stats have received a facelift; most notably with MLB’s Statcast. Now, Easton is quantifying a player’s swing with the Easton Power Sensor, powered by Blast Motion. This new sensor will aim to help baseball players improve their swing using […]

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