Some of the best things in life come in little black boxes, like PlayStations, XBoxes, and DISH Network (if that’s what brings ESPN to your doorstep!). Now, thanks to OMsignal, there’s one more reason to love tetragonal technology. Last year, the Montréal-based company announced the innovative development of biometric T-shirts (which subsequently debuted this spring). […]
Back during this year’s Sochi Olympics–the big data connection to the World Cup continues–one of the most endearing and anticipated storylines came from American skier, Steven Nyman. He’s been a veteran of the sport for quite some time. His middling track record and career proved to be at a crossroads. He endured a season-ending Achilles […]
The current world records for the marathon are 2 hours, 3 minutes, 23 seconds for men, set in 2013 by Geoffrey Mutai, from Kenya, and 2 hours, 15 minutes, 25 seconds for women, set in 2003 by Paula Radcliffe, from the United Kingdom. These are incredible times — requiring male competitors to average about 4 […]
As the summer approaches, avid and casual runners alike will ramp up their respective schedules to hit the trail.
Most of them, in fact, have already made sneaker purchases to aid them in this exercise. SportsOneSource’s data by Footwear Analyst, Matt Powell, reveals that running shoe sales saw an uptick in the low singles, while Nike’s running division increased in the high singles to gain 63 percent market share during the year’s first quarter. There’s just plenty of options out there to choose from that appeal to the wide spectrum of users.
Canadian crowd-funded startup, Hexoskin, promises a one-stop-shopping scenario for the wearers of their smart shirt. Which gives detailed reports about training as well as their general overall health. Neither health orientated technology nor wearable technology are new. Hexoskin joins several companies, such as the French company Cityzen Sciences, makers of Smart Sensing Shirt, in offering […]
