DOYLESTOWN, Pa. — David Kliebhan, a mechanical engineer, has been playing tennis his whole life, keeping score and contesting shots that toed the line between in and out. Now, motivated by his son’s advancement in the sport, he developed a system that could take care of that so he, his son, and players across the […]
Improving as a tennis player can take time, but tracking measurable progress doesn’t have to when the Coollang Smart Tennis sensor is attached to the end of racket. Tracking can be done in real-time when the sensor is connected to a smartphone via Bluetooth, and even when unconnected, it will store data in its internal […]
Each year at Wimbledon, tennis’s most iconic tournament, roughly 55,000 balls are used. Once the tournament wraps up and Roger Federer and Serena Williams have taken their cuts, what happens to the balls? The majority are sold to fans as keepsakes. Some are turned into speakers. You read correctly, hearO is a new Bluetooth speaker […]
With Wimbledon kicking off this week, the All England Lawn Tennis Club (AELTC) has unveiled a new state-of-the-art LED lighting system to improve TV broadcasts from its iconic Centre Court. AELTC, which runs tennis in England, partnered with American-based Musco Lighting to install the new solution. It uses Musco’s “Total Light Control” (TLC) system and […]
Wimbledon is set to begin next week, and with it come spectators cheering and players whacking a tennis ball over the net, hoping to earn a prestigious victory in pursuit of tennis’ grand slam. But for the fans, all the action can be hard to follow. This year, that could change. IBM’s Research and iX […]
