Israeli startup Motionize and QuickBlade Paddles have launched the Smart Paddle, which has real-time tracking and sensory technology for measuring technique that is built into the paddle boarding device. The QuickBlade Smart Paddle builds upon the Paddle Edge, a dual set of nine-axis external sensors that provide real-time performance and tracking data. With the Smart Paddle, Motionize integrated […]
POC, a Swedish company that works to develop protective gear for outdoor sports, is introducing a new technology for ski helmets called SPIN that helps to counter the effects of head-on collisions at an angle or “oblique impacts.” Oblique impacts are common but are also known to cause potentially serious head injuries when the helmet […]
NEW YORK — At its core, the Drone Racing League is a technology company, commented Nicholas Horbaczewski about the 18-month-old sports property. The Founder and Chief Executive Officer described that when his now 19-member staff — 10 of which are full-time drone engineers and technologists who maintain the league’s 350-drone fleet — began the DRL journey, technology didn’t […]
Major League Lacrosse has announced a partnership between Lax Sports Network (LSN) and MANDT VR to offer fans a virtual reality experience using 360-degree video content. Fans who visit the Lax Sports Network booth at LaxCon in Baltimore beginning Friday will be invited to try on a virtual reality headset to experience a faceoff against the New York Lizards’ Greg “The Beast” Gurenlian, the […]
A few minutes of speaking with Paul Rabil, and it’s clear the New York Lizards star midfielder isn’t your ordinary lacrosse jock. Yes, he’s the face of U.S. professional lacrosse and one of the “drivers of an alternative niche sport,” as he described. Still, the same influence and focus could be said online and across social, as the […]