Pro skateboarder Curren Caples gains speed coming down a ramp then launches into a kickflip. His heart rate spikes as he lifts into the air, but fans wouldn’t easily know that because he makes it look easy. A new art installation that debuted last month at the Dew Tour skateboarding event in Long Beach is […]
IBM’s Vice President of Global Sponsorships (Sports and Entertainment) and Client Programs, Noah Syken, was kind enough to share some of his time with us to speak about all things cognitive computing and Watson. Syken is probably best known for his role in “Jeopardy: The IBM Challenge,” in which he took over the marketing side of […]
Catapult Sports already has one of the most popular player tracking wearables on the market. The Melbourne-based company supports nineteen NFL and NBA teams, along with a number of NCAA programs and many more pro teams around the world. Now, the analytics group is set to make an even bigger splash on the world of sports, with […]
In the same way that blue-collar factory jobs steadily became taken over by automated machines, this writer’s job could be in jeopardy if the Associated Press’ technology expands beyond just their most recent deal. With the help of natural language algorithm company Automated Insights, the Associated Press announced Thursday that it will be publishing written […]
Manchester City FC, one of the world’s most technologically focused soccer teams (or perhaps group of teams), is set to make another innovative first for a club. In conjunction with two tech companies with which they have partnerships, Opta Pro and ChyronHego, Manchester City are hosting a hackathon at the City Football Academy in Manchester from […]
