AUSTIN, Texas – Dr. Jeremy Koenig wants to change the meaning of personalized athlete training with his company, Athletigen. Koenig spoke with SportTechie’s Diamond Leung about analyzing both biometric data and DNA to make athletes better.
Due to a number of high-profile incidents in the ring last year, boxing finds itself once more under the microscope concerning fighters’ health and safety. Nick Blackwell, an English fighter, was placed in an induced coma following a fight he lost in March. In November, German boxer Eduard Gutknecht, collapsed following a loss and was also […]
When one says “Beretta,” more often than not, you think of the worldwide brand known for the Italian firearms it manufactures. Not so often do you think of the Beretta Research and Innovation Center also known as “BRAIN.” BRAIN is Beretta’s “technology incubator” which is tasked to develop and test technologies that are aimed to […]
As if there hasn’t been enough research that equates playing football to degenerative brain diseases, a study by Dr. Francis Conidi at the Florida Center for Headache and Sports Neurology has added more fuel to the fire. The lead researcher on the study, Conidi scanned the brains of 40 ex-NFL players—they were all relatively fresh […]
The adage goes “the brain is the strongest muscle.” HeadTrainer, Inc. have taken that to a whole new level, by releasing an app on Sunday that provides a series of exercises for the athlete brain. Developed with a team of neuroscientists and sports psychologists at the Duke Sports Science Institute, HeadTrainer provides youth athletes with different “daily workouts” […]
