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 […]
The Purdue Athletics department has started a crowdfunding campaign in order to do their part to lessen their environmental impact. Purdue’s “Lights Out Campaign” is situated towards converting Mackey Arena, where their basketball team plays, to an all-LED stadium. Doing so will allow Mackey Arena to waste less energy and have a generally more exciting […]
Chris Paul, All-Star point guard for the NBA’s Los Angles Clippers, partnered with an Israeli technology company to develop an app that helps users improve their vision. Game Vision By Chris Paul will most likely not turn a user into an elite NBA player, but it does hope to help anyone sharpen their vision for any sport, at […]
Students at Texas A&M are getting a crash course in the world of sports tech startups. The Aggies are hosting a 48-hour, school-wide design competition this month. It is called the Aggies Invent, and it is held yearly with a different theme every time. This year just happened to focus on the world of sports—with […]
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 […]
