Researchers have published a study which, they say, confirms the presence of chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE, in a living person for the first time. CTE — a degenerative brain disease that is thought to be caused by repeated brain trauma including concussions and sub-concussive hits — can currently only be diagnosed through direct examination […]
Wearables can provide an athlete with valuable training insight. They can also provide the hassle of battery life, clunkiness and overall impractical product design. Spire Health, creator of the Spire Stone, is introducing a new product, eliminating many of those nuisances. The Spire Health Tag flips the idea of a “wearable” on its head, avoiding […]
The fan experience at Formula One Grands Prix could involve mobile connectivity well into the future, thanks to the work of a pair of men from the United Kingdom, Benjamin Lambert and Alexander Gibson. Lambert and Gibson won the Tata Communications F1 Connectivity Innovation Prize, it was announced Thursday. They designed a system that would […]
Today’s football is the domain of the short-passing game, whether it’s packaged as the West Coast offense, the spread attack or the run-pass option. “The only way that you can successfully the modern style of offense is if the quarterback is looking at the right defender because there is a very specific read and it […]
Fans attending Detroit Lions games at Ford Field can use an innovative new feature in the team’s official app to find directions to their seats or locate restrooms, concessions and merchandise vendors. Pittsburgh-based developer YinzCam, which launched the Lions app in 2012, incorporated Apple Indoor Positioning to help fans navigate the downtown Detroit venue. The […]
