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Feb 09, 2017

Longines Launches Live Alpine Data System At FIS Alpine World Ski Championships

Swiss luxury watch company Longines launched the Longines Live Alpine Data system this week at the FIS Alpine World Ski Championship in St. Moritz. The Longines Live Alpine Data system consists of a chip attached to the back of the skier’s boot equipped with a radar, motion sensor and accelerometer. It will give real-time and continuous measurements […]

Jan 17, 2017

Canadian Swimming Federation To Use New Wrist-Based Wearable Swimlytics In Training

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 […]