You can’t talk about football without recognizing the dangers of CTE. Luckily the game is getting safer thanks to an influx of safety-related tech hitting the market. Texas football (along with other schools) has adopted SyncThink’s eye-tracking VR device while HitIQ designed a mouthguard with head-impact detecting motion sensors. Thanks to a BYU mechanical engineering […]
TaylorMade’s myRoundPro, a golf statistical analysis platform, is now available exclusively on Samsung products. The companies announced a collaboration on Wednesday that would make it available for the Gear S3 and Gear Fit2 Pro fitness band. Fit2 Pro is one of Samsung’s newest products among a line that was released just one month ago. TaylorMade’s engineers worked […]
The Melbourne Cricket Club (MCC) wants more than moral support from fans — it wants their energy. To be clear, they want their solar energy via a new, Australian-first energy-sharing initiative. Customers of EnergyAustralia, Melbourne Cricket Ground’s (MCG) electricity partner, are being asked to share their excess solar electricity. It will be used to power light towers, scoreboard […]
CHICAGO — The growth of STRIVR, a leader in virtual reality human performance training, is well documented. Their expansion into various segments of the NFL includes referees using the tech to train along with partnerships with teams like the San Francisco 49ers, New York Jets, Dallas Cowboys and more. Last week, STRIVR CEO Derek Belch (a […]
CHICAGO — Just a few weeks ago, Roy Price, VP of Amazon Studios, was asked during an interview how big of a role sports could play for the company moving forward. After explaining the benefits of sports — engaging and motivating to viewers — he touched on the possibility of Amazon streaming more live events. […]
