It is time to forget those cheap, beaded jump ropes you were forced to use in gym class. The future of jump roping is upon us with Smart Rope. The Smart Rope is embedded with 23 different LED lights, which count and display the number of jumps you have made in your time. The LED […]
Silicon Valley startup TuringSense has just raised a $3 million round of seed funding. The company, which pioneers a biomechanically based tennis sensor system called PIVOT, received funding from a variety of sources. Three companies from China invested largely—Angel Plus, ChinaRock Capital and Zen Water Capital, along with one Indonesian company, Ideosource. One American group made it […]
Wilson just became a major name in sports equipment to release a “smart basketball” with their Wilson X Connected Basketball. The ball features a small sensor that connects to the Wilson X Connected Basketball smartphone app via Bluetooth, and allows the shooter to track made shots, missed shots and shot range. The ball is designed for […]
Baseball has always been a game of statistics and numbers. Recently, with improvements in technology, those stats have received a facelift; most notably with MLB’s Statcast. Now, Easton is quantifying a player’s swing with the Easton Power Sensor, powered by Blast Motion. This new sensor will aim to help baseball players improve their swing using […]
Clemson quarterback Deshaun Watson is one of the brightest talents in college football. He has an incomparably strong arm and a certain poise in the pocket that makes him seem twice his age. Unfortunately, the rising sophomore’s college career involves only three full games. Following a fluke of a broken finger that left him out for […]
