From consumer wearables to elite athlete tracking technology, nearly every aspect of any sort of physical activity nowadays is being tracked and analyzed. This is especially true for heartbeats. Firstbeat is a provider of physiological analytics for sports and well-being. They take heartbeat data and use it to create personalized information on exercise, stress and […]
In 2014 we covered the X2 Biosystems concussion sensor that was quickly becoming a mainstay in pro and collegiate sports. Now almost two years later they are releasing their next generation monitor. At the 13th MIT Sloan Healthcare and Bio-Innovations Conference, which took place February 26th-29th, X2 Biosystems debuted their X-Patch Pro. The new wearable head […]
The lives of sports stars and fans overlap in very few ways. Perhaps you’ve got an autograph or posed for a selfie, but it’s likely that’s as good as it got. Most will certainly not have experienced the adrenaline, nerves and excitement of match-day, or even seen at first-hand the facilities that the players use before […]
Kitman Labs, a sports science and injury prevention company, has grown their book of business over the last year to include the Miami Dolphins, Detroit Pistons, and Everton of the English Premier League, to name a few. Now they can add rugby to their letterhead as two of the top clubs in England have signed […]
As long as sports have existed, technology has impacted them. For example, the sport of baseball forever changed when the baseball glove was invented. And just last season when the MLB introduced Statcast player tracking technology it changed again. It’s a continuous cycle of evolution and one that is healthy to stop and think about […]
