Sports wearable technology and analysis company Blast Motion is now an official technology partner of Golf Channel Academy, it was Wednesday. Through the new relationship with GCA and Proponent Group — a network of golf instructors — Blast Motion has developed the GCA Game Tracker mobile app and portal that will give athletes access to their activity timeline, video […]
The new Spyder NFC collection isn’t just sleek looking – it is wearable technology. Through its partnership with Smartrac, the apparel provider Spyder has created a new line of skiwear that with just the tap of a phone, can enable wearers to feel connected to members of the U.S. Ski Team through social media as well […]
Wearable technology company Xenoma is working toward revolutionizing wearable electronic clothing with the release of e-skin, a smart shirt that can track motions and gestures in sports and fitness, helping athletes improve their form. For example, in golf, the shirt can analyze the swing, form and stance before providing the athlete feedback such as if […]
Swimming Canada — the Canadian swimming federation — began working with a new Canadian-designed tech-based training device, Swimlytics, last fall. Dr. John Barden, a kinesiology professor at the University of Regina, created Swimlytics to help swimmers increase their efficiency. The small wrist-based wearable was in use before Rio, but Barden was not completely confident his device […]
Fitbit is continuing its push to acquire smartwatch companies. The San Francisco-based company recently purchased Vector Watch, a startup company which manufactures chic smartwatches. Vector made the announcement by posting a message to its website. “We believe this is an important milestone as a moment when we will start building other new and amazing products, features […]
