Garmin is expanding its product suite for cycling, acquiring aerodynamics analysis provider Alphamantis Technologies, it was announced last week. The acquisition could make Garmin a convenient one-stop shop for portable cycling technology. The company already offers bike vision accessories, mini-computers, power meters, and radar. Garmin has been in the sports tech news this year for […]
“Every action has an equal and opposite reaction” is perhaps the most basic law of physics. But one is channeling those reactions to improve athletic performance with the slip of an insole into a shoe. VKTRY Performance Insoles produces a line of shoe inserts that harness and return the energy produced by pushing against the […]
The future stars of Australian swimming are getting coached, not only in technique, but in technology that could help them achieve further success in the pool. At the beginning of July, Swimming Australia, the nation’s governing body for competitive swimming, announced its “NextGEN” team of 22 rising teenage swimmers. Those teens recently attended a camp from […]
Aspire Ventures has sought to create the “iPhone of health care” with its Connexion kiosk, and it’s gaining early traction in the NBA. The kiosk employs IoT sensors and a mobile app, combined with Aspire’s artificial intelligence platform, to provide daily baselines of an athlete’s vitals and movement to detect for any areas of weakness […]
A little girl born with a rare disease is on a quest to throw the ceremonial first pitch for every Major League Baseball team as she sets out to prove that children can live extraordinary lives despite their handicaps or physical deformities. Hailey Dawson, 7, was born with a rare disease called Poland Syndrome that […]
