The unwritten rules of golf assume a great deal of trust — especially between golfer and course owner. Golfers need to be able to recognize when they’re playing slowly and react accordingly. Often, there’s not a sufficient enough way for course owners to police this. That’s why On-Pin Golf Systems has launched Verifeye. Verifeye is […]
Zebra Technologies and Wilson Sporting Goods announced Thursday that every NFL game football this season would have an embedded RFID tag to track location, speed and rotation metrics. Though some data points will be exclusive to teams, other statistics will be included in television broadcasts and potentially tabulated in NFL.com leaderboards. This technology debuted at […]
Former Dallas Cowboys running back Emmitt Smith is using technology to fight fraudulent sports memorabilia. The NFL’s all-time rushing leader recently launched the LEGIT app through his company PROVA Group. With this app, collectors will have a tool to verify the authenticity of their collectibles, such as footballs and trading cards. The LEGIT app works […]
NEW YORK — A native of Sweden, Zebra Technologies CEO Anders Gustafsson didn’t grow up watching the NFL. But the company he now leads is helping to change the game as the league’s official on-field player tracking provider. “It changes obviously how you view football and how you coach football,” Gustafsson said at Bloomberg Breakaway. For the […]
With seemingly daily technology advents in sports, it can be hard to keep up with all of the changes in the realm of sports. But the Olympics are a good benchmark for the numerous innovations happening every four years. As the London 2012 Olympics saw a number of technological changes, Rio 2016 will have even […]
