Like other timed sports, speedskating is decided often by mere fractions of a second. To amplify those photo finishes and minute details that can make or break a skater’s time, Omega has technology at the Olympics in Pyeongchang. That technology includes a light- and sound-emitting starting gun and a digital lap counter, but most of […]
With luge competition in full swing at the Olympics this week and Chris Mazdzer becoming the first U.S. athlete to medal in the men’s singles, Stratasys is hoping its work with USA Luge last summer will contribute to additional success on the track. Stratasys partnered with the team to 3D print molds for customized parts […]
By the time Helen Glover graduated from university in Wales in 2008, she had played a variety of competitive sports but had never rowed a single stroke. In advance of the London 2012 Summer Olympics, however, the United Kingdom had launched Sporting Giants, a talent-identification program seeking to bolster the national team ranks in rowing, […]
If the Super Bowl is one of the biggest showcases of innovation in the U.S., the Olympic Games have become a platform for which companies can display their latest technologies in connectivity and digital media on a global stage. A number of “firsts” are expected to take place at the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic Winter Games, […]
GARDEN CITY, N.Y. — Sharing space with a physical therapy center is an open-plan fitness center as big as an airplane hangar and brimming with activity. While a rehabbing NFL player did deadlifts in the center of the facility, off to the corner stood a former minor league pitcher toeing the rubber of a high-density […]
