Boxing’s most powerful punchers and most brutal bouts have always been the source of heated debates, but they may no longer need to be tinged with such subjectivity. Earlier this year, French wearables company PIQ Sport Intelligence teamed up with the boxing apparel heavyweight Everlast on a wrist-worn sensor that can measure and analyze the […]
NEW YORK — What if Michael Jordan had worn a WHOOP strap leading up to his famous “flu game” and fans back in 1997 had access to that data on how his body was doing? WHOOP founder and CEO Will Ahmed is guessing that based upon his own data that he saw while recovering from […]
IMeasureU has been acquired by motion capture technology company Vicon, it was announced Tuesday. Aukland, New Zealand-based IMeasureU includes a business line — IMU-Step — focused on the elite sports market in assisting with the rehabilitation of injured players. By attaching IMU sensors to the players, coaches and sports scientists can track strain throughout the […]
New Balance and Zepp, a digital sports training device and sensor company, are now bringing gamification to consumers through the launch of the NB HitClub. The new integration, which is the first time gamification has been integrated into any Zepp product, will give Zepp Baseball and Softball users an opportunity to take swing challenges, compete […]
NEW YORK — If Shaquille O’Neal isn’t getting in at least his 5,000 steps a day, the four-time NBA champion admittedly feels a little lazy. According to O’Neal — who has been a regular Garmin smartwatch wearer — he wishes he had access to wearable devices now on the market during his 19-year career, maybe similar […]
