A predictive technology arms race between batter and pitcher may not be far off. The newest trend in technology is being coined “predictive technology,” and includes applications such as Google Now, Tempo AI, and MindMeld. Predictive technology is applications using your personal information to help predict what information you need or may need at any given point in time. This bears quite a bit of a resemblance to mind reading yes, but here’s the difference: this is real. Predictive technology has already surfaced in our society. Some examples are health wristbands that athletes wear to tell them when they need to refuel, or the Mamori mouth guard that can tell whether a player has a concussion or not. These gadgets...
It’s the start of baseball season and, therefore, a time for optimism, spring, and rebirth. But during this year’s spring training at least five pitchers expected to play major roles with their respective teams were diagnosed with a damaged part of the elbow known as the ulnar collateral ligament, or UCL, in their throwing arms. […]
Our daily lives have gotten to the point where everything is recorded, logged, and shared over the internet. Selfies have now become more common than hydrogen is throughout the universe (which is in fact the most abundant element in the universe), hashtags have expanded to consume more than just tweets and Facebook posts, and our […]
It’s that time of year again. Baseball time. The weather is slowly starting to warm up and each team starts the year with a clean slate and high hopes.
For fans it’s time to get ready to work baseball back into their schedule and prepare to root for their favorite team throughout the season. In recent years, it has become very easy for fans to follow every pitch whether they are at the ballpark, on the couch or at the grocery store. Twitter, apps and DVR have totally changed how fans consume games and by now every fan has a routine as precise as a Greg Maddux two-seam fastball.
In advance of the DC Sports+Tech Summit hosted by the Georgetown University School of Continuing Studies and the DC Sports Tech Meetup group, Joshua Meredith is providing some insight into the companies taking part in the Showcase, which begins at 4 p.m. on April 4th. Capturing the millennial mind and dollar is a consistent conversation […]
