Monday, July 8, 2019 — A roundup of some of the key sports technology stories you need to know, including SportTechie’s own content and stories from around the web. Second...
The Saitama Seibu Lions’ Kazuhisa Makina is a submariner who has an extreme style of pitching in Japan. To say the ball is difficult to pick up for a hitter would be an understatement. But the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles are looking to virtual reality in order to solve Makina and other pitchers who they might […]
Chip Ganassi Racing Teams (CGRT) recently announced it has re-upped its partnership with international IT services company NTT DATA, and the relationship is more than just a sponsorship on the No. 10 Indy car driven by Tony Kanaan. While behind the wheel, Kanaan wears a specially fitted shirt equipped with NTT DATA’s Hitoe technology. The shirt’s […]
NTT DATA Corporation and Rakuten Baseball announced Wednesday they will launch a virtual reality baseball coaching system in Japan that the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles are scheduled to begin using next season. Could the VR system being used in Nippon Professional Baseball soon come to Major League Baseball? Rakuten, the team that MLB pitchers Hisashi Iwakuma […]
Imagine your favorite shirt could tell you everything you need to know about your body. It would sense your heart rate, respiration and even tell you just how hard you were gripping the steering wheel when that jerk was riding your bumper in his yellow Prius on I-70. IndyCar Series driver, Tony Kanaan, faces obstacles every time […]
