Two miles off the coast of San Francisco’s Ocean Beach not far from where the powerful currents of the bay pour into the Pacific Ocean under the Golden Gate Bridge, a beacon in the water is collecting hyper-local data about the ocean in preparation for a major event. At Red Bull Heavy Water, an extreme […]
The nomination period for the first annual SportTechie Awards is now open. Nominations are open to anyone and can be submitted here. You can submit anonymously, but you don’t have to. And yes, you can nominate yourself and your own company. We place great value in the opinions of our highly knowledgeable sports industry audience […]
NEW YORK — A new experience at the US Open will let fans play tennis in a virtual experience where they can “feel” an invisible ball as they swat it with their bare hands. Called Air Tennis, the American Express-sponsored game mixes together motion sensors that might remind most people of Kinect for Xbox One […]
Opening herself up to a room of potential judgement, Ashley Wellington-Fahey, the founder of the female-targeted digital sports network The Relish, sat alongside major male athletes at The Players Technology Summit in San Francisco and reminded herself that she deserved to be in the room. The inaugural mostly off-the-record event, hosted this week by Golden […]
Timing is everything. I have always felt that SportTechie’s timing was right since its launch five years ago. We report on the intersection of technology and sports, and there has been more innovation and invention to cover year after year. From a legally blind fan being able to watch his favorite team to an art exhibit […]
