STATS, a sports data and analytics company, announced a new GPS-based athlete training tool with textile heart rate sensors on Monday that will offer users new insights into performance. Stats GPS is a vest embedded with textile sensors that will measure an athlete’s workout in real time based on data from GPS, heart rate and […]
NEW YORK — Whoop has attracted investors ranging from Golden State Warriors star Kevin Durant to Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey. The device has been called everything from “pro sports’ favorite wearable” to the “Tesla of health tracking and sports performance wearables.” As the company launches a new monthly membership that seeks to expand its elite […]
Whoop announced on Tuesday the launch of a monthly membership geared toward consumers in an effort to expand its market beyond elite athletes. The Whoop wrist wearable tracks recovery, strain, and sleep and has gained traction in the pro ranks since its debut in 2015. The NFL Players Association struck a partnership last year in […]
Today, SOLOS augmented-reality smart glasses went on sale to consumers. The glasses will let cyclists and runners get real-time metrics on their performance as they train through a four-millimeter screen mounted just within an athlete’s field of vision. Though the glasses were originally designed strictly for cyclists, SOLOS (a unit of the Kopin Corporation) decided […]
NEW YORK — Richard Hanbury and a schoolmate were traversing Yemen in a Jeep when a car pulled out from behind a petrol truck and sped toward them on a narrow bridge. The truck blocked Hanbury’s ability to swerve laterally out of harm’s way. He faced a split-second decision: either veer off the bridge or […]
