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eSports Has Gotten So Big That A Coaching App For League Of Legends Just Raised $4.5 Million

The Berlin-based eSports company, DOJO Madness recently announced their $4.5 million Series A round of funding, which will help expand their innovative coaching apps. DOJO Madness received their Series A funding in large part from March Capital Partners, and the Investment Bank of Berlin. This new round of funding brings the startup’s total investment to $6.75 million. The […]

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PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympics Are Already Gearing Up To Be One The Most Technologically Advanced Games

Technology is altering the way we experience sports at every level. In 2018, the PyeongChang Winter Olympics plans to follow this trend. On May 13, the South Korean government announced its plans to implement technological advancements for the 2018 Winter Games. The government plans to break language barriers, as well as alter the way viewers and attendants experience the […]

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Major League Baseball’s Technological Dilemma

Baseball has hardly changed from the simple game that Alexander Cartwright fathered in 1845 — and while that lack of change has made baseball a unifier that transcends race, generation, and more, it also means baseball has its fair share of archaic moments. Nowhere are these moments more glaring than in baseball’s slow pace, and […]

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Carbon Fiber Technology Continues To Advance In The World Of Olympic Swimming

Innovia Technology and Arena International, one of the world’s leading swimwear brands, have been collaborating since 2008 to understand how they can create the most innovative swimwear available. Back in 2012, competitors at the London Olympics wore the arena POWERSKIN Carbon-Pro suit, which introduced the use of carbon fiber. The carbon fiber cage is worked […]

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German Student Develops The Future Of Table Tennis

The game of table tennis is about to get an extreme makeover: technology edition. Thomas Mayer, a student from the University of Design Schwäbisch Gmünd in Germany has developed the future of table tennis. As part of Mayer’s bachelor thesis project in Interaction Design, he designed the Table Tennis Trainer, an interactive ping pong table which creates […]

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