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.
Just before the end of a long lunch, the Amazfit PACE smartwatch buzzes with a reminder. The wearer has been seated for an extended period of time with no steps recorded. Maybe it’s about time to go for a run? Wearables manufacturer Amazfit’s GPS-enabled running smartwatch has plenty of features for just that — whether it is […]
Ontario, Canada-based BioSensive Technologies Inc. is set to begin shipping Joule, its new earring back fitness wearable. The bite-sized wearable allows women, or anyone wearing earrings, to capture and store their fitness data without the hassle of wearing a wrist-based fitness tracker. And the company website boasts that Joule is the world’s “smallest” and “lightest” fitness tracker. […]
Sqord (pronounced: “Scored”) is an activity tracker and fitness platform for kids. Sqord pods combine Fitbit’s API with a three-axis accelerometer that captures intensity and duration of activity. Movement and play are converted into points, which can be spent on avatar accessories and awards through the Sqord App. “This isn’t just a gadget that’s trying to find its way […]
A new virtual reality fitness experience which seeks to mirror mountain biking on the Andalusian Coast in Spain, by being connected to an exercise bike, has launched. FreeDriver VR seeks to immerse users in the experience of mountain biking on the Spanish coast, so when users hit a steep slope within the VR world, this […]
