SportTechie

Jun 18, 2018

Tozuda Detects Concussions With Mechanical Simplicity

Rugby players take their fair share of hits. While playing for Lehigh University, Jessie Garcia took one in particular that left her struggling. “I was playing in a game, going...

Mar 13, 2018

Golden State Warriors Use Eye-Sync For Fatigue, Not Just Concussion Symptoms

When the Golden State Warriors’ head of sports medicine, Chelsea Lane, first approached assistant general manager Kirk Lacob in the front office with a new device last summer, she explained that Eye-Sync would help the team quickly and objectively assess whether a player might be suffering from concussion symptoms. The Warriors had endured a few […]

Oct 23, 2017

Warriors Onboard SyncThink For 60-Second Concussion Assessment

The Golden State Warriors are the first NBA team to onboard SyncThink’s EYE-SYNC concussions assessment solution. Developed by Dr. Jamshid Ghajar MD, Ph.D. of Stanford University, EYE-SYNC provides the Warriors an on-court, 60-second objective concussion evaluation. It’s done through a VR headset and uses eye-tracking technology. The tech tests ocular-motor synchronization deficits along with other key […]

Sep 01, 2017

Texas Longhorns Football To Adopt Concussion Assessment Technology

The University of Texas is the most recent school to embrace SyncThink’s concussion evaluation technology in college athletics to bring more objectivity to traumatic brain injury tests. Texas joins the ranks of Iowa State University, which will use EYE-SYNC technology along with Stanford University, which started utilizing the eye-tracking headsets in 2015. Palo Alto, Calif. and Massachusetts-based SyncThink […]

Aug 19, 2017

Iowa State To Use VR, Eye-Tracking For Concussion Assessments

Add Iowa State University to the list of believers in SyncThink’s EYE-SYNC technology. The Cyclones’ football and wrestling programs will be using the VR eye-tracking tech to quickly and objectively make a concussion assessment. ISU’s staff will use EYE-SYNC on the sidelines and as part of the return-to-play protocol. By assessing ocular-motor synchronization deficits, the […]