In today’s increasingly digital world, technology is becoming an integral part of sports at all levels. iPads are one of the biggest technologies to have made an impact in the sporting world, making tasks that were once monotonous both entertaining and interactive. With Apple’s recent release of the new iPads which are now lighter than […]
Adidas’ miCoach Smart Run GPS will retail for $399 when it becomes available on Nov. 1. (Adidas)
Wearable technology is on the verge of becoming a multi-billion dollar industry before the end of the decade. A study by Juniper Research forecasts smart wearable devices to be valued at $19 billion by 2018.
In many ways, this emerging sector has already begun influencing the sports world. Its impact on the industry can be anticipated at all levels, from amateur to professional and youth to collegiate, and is beginning to profoundly change the landscape of sports. From the evaluation of an athletes’ performance, to the ways in which coaches train their teams, emerging technology’s role has become more defined.
(Rainier Ehrhardt/AP) GPS Technology for a long time didn’t make its way around sports teams or venues. But now tracking systems seem to be populating all over sporting venues and teams. We previously covered SportVU, who recently inked a deal with the entire NBA as well as deals with college basketball programs Duke and Marquette. We also saw the brand new huge scoreboard at Texas Motor Speedway not too long ago. Location Based Technologies, Inc., is now taking this technology over to NASCAR. They are the makers of the PocketFinder, which are personal GPS devices. The deal, which was announced in mid-October has formally started the company’s NASCAR debut with Rick Ware Racing. The deal is for the remainder of...
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While baseball has been a sport that has long embraced tradition among many facets of the game, the equipment used in the field of play hasn’t exactly been following suit. We previously showed how you how ProXR is trying to change the way players grip the bat to give the batter a much better feel and now the Mako bat is here to maximize your power and bat speed with a new baseball bat that packs in a lot of technology to make you as good a hitter as your skills will take you.
(USA TODAY Sports Images) First thing’s first, the National Football League is in a class of its own and cannot be viewed through the same lenses as the NBA, MLB, or NHL. Unlike the aforementioned, the NFL is not a professional sports league; but a cultural empire that dominates the nation’s consciousness for six months a year. It is an empire that was built on television ratings. So after nearly a half of an NFL season’s worth of Thursday Night Football games produced less than impressive ratings on the NFL Network, the Wall Street Journal is reporting that the NFL has begun to explore the idea of expanding Thursday Night Football to an online media outlet such as Google or...
