We’ve seen wearables for every type of human athlete. But now Garmin has taken tracking technologies to the animal world. Tracking your dog is now easier then ever with Garmin’s new GPS dog tracking system, the Astro 430. With more focus on sporting dogs, the new system has the ability to track up to twenty dogs […]
Concussions have never been more prominent in professional sports. Across the NBA, NFL, NHL and most professional leagues, concussion protocol is a standard for its athletes. Thanks to a recent partnership between the University of Kentucky (UK) and the Jockeys’ Guild, concussion protocol development will be in full effect for horse jockeys. Yesterday’s partnership announced a “three-year […]
From the playground, to the high-flying acrobatics seen on America’s Got Talent, and even to your own driveway, the pogo stick has been majorly updated. Meet the V4, the fourth generation model in the Vurtego Pogo line. Developers of Vurtego are calling the V4 the “most advanced pogo stick ever created.” Now, I do not consider myself […]
For its entire history, the curling broom resembled, well, brooms. Made with natural fibers, they looked like a miniature version of what you might sweep your porch with. But, over the course of the last couple of years, these have come to be made with artificial fibers, and they have started to look more like […]
The sport of cricket is facing an outbreak in the number of injuries to its fast bowler positions. Much like tracking the pitch count of an MLB player to avoid injury, researchers at the Australian Catholic University’s School of Exercise have developed an algorithm linked to submarine and guided missile technology to reduce fast bowler […]
