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 […]
Last week, a new consumer wearable eyesight technology company was launched by Elbit Systems, the largest defense technology company in Israel. According to the press release, the new company, Everysight, has years of experience in developing the best vision systems and augmented reality systems in the market. Their technology is highlighted by their proven success […]
The mid 90s produced some of the most dominant athletes in sports history. Kobe Bryant, Peyton Manning, and Derek Jeter all entered into their respective leagues within three years of one another and all managed to completely revolutionize their particular games. Among the three of them, there are hundreds of hours of highlight tape, and […]
Athos, a unique fitness apparel line that communicates exercise stats to your smartphone, has recently secured $12.2 million of additional funding to test out their first line of apparel. Athos raised $35.5 million in total with financing from multiple investors including Social+Capital. Wearable technology is undeniably becoming a new industry in sports science. Athos is […]
Precision-SSS (Sports Science System) has launched a Kickstarter campaign for their wearable Electronic Performance & Tracking System (EPTS). The technology was created at the European Space Agency (ESA) with aims to improve athletic performance. Athletes are continually pushed to their limit of physical capacity and this technology enables users to continue to do so without the […]
