Whether you’re running a marathon, embarking on a cross-country ski run, or biking the Tour de France, you need to know how much your body can handle. Next time you take up any of those athletic challenges, just slip a sensor over your thigh and you’ll find out exactly how much intensity you can give. […]
The NFL awarded three grants to technology startups aiming to improve athlete safety and performance through its third annual 1st and Future competition over Super Bowl weekend. The league contest — co-sponsored by Comcast NBCUniversal and Mayo Clinic — gave $50,000 each to Impressio, Inc., which developed an innovate material for improved energy and impact […]
The NFL builds a bye week into each team’s schedule, rewards the best two teams in each conference with a week off during the Wild Card round, and gives the Super Bowl teams a week off before the big game. Rest is one thing, and in knowing that every team in the NFL could benefit […]
Float tanks, aka sensory deprivation, or isolation tanks provide a lightless, soundproof tank filled with Epsom salt at skin temperature, in which individuals float. Invented in the mid 1950’s by neuroscientist Dr. John Lilly in the USA, float tanks are now used worldwide for a number of regenerative reasons. While originally developed for mental health, […]
Four years after U.S. Speedskating failed to medal in the 2014 Winter Olympics, with some public grumbling that the uniform suits contributed to the unexpectedly poor showing, Under Armour has unveiled an updated version for next month’s games that feature a new fabric and a daring asymmetrical seam. The Mach 39 suits the U.S. Olympians […]
