For high-level athletes, knowing exactly where
they need to improve is critical information. Coaches can go a long way
towards helping, but nothing can replace data. A new product called
XBand Speed Pro aims to provide just that for athletes, with the ability
to track speed and agility metrics through a wearable device. Read More
For the past few years, Outrider has been earning praise and breaking records with its pedal-assisted electric trikes,
but its latest design is gearing up to be its most rewarding endeavor
yet. The Horizon is a modular adaptive trike designed to get
paraplegics, quadriplegics and others with disabilities wheeling over
pavement and dirt. Outrider's goal is to develop a production trike that
can be pedaled with the legs or hands or powered entirely with an
electric hub motor. Read More
MLBAM (Major League Baseball Advanced Media), the
interactive media branch of North America's major baseball
organization, is in the process of installing iBeacons in a host of
stadiums across the continent. The San Francisco Giants is the latest
club to implement the technology and is aiming to enhance the experience
for fans at its AT&T Park by using the proximity sensors to push
exclusive offers, seat upgrades and other information to
Bluetooth-enabled Apple iOS7 devices. Read More
A 7,300 lb (3,311 kg) floating skateboard ramp
has been installed on Lake Tahoe as part of Visit California's Dream365
tourism campaign. The ramp took four days and 300 man hours to complete
before it was lowered into the Californian lake and put to the test by
pro skateboarder Bob Burnquist. Read More
Layers of clothing that cool you down rather than warm you up can involve lugging around hefty equipment or some pretty advanced technology. The IceTee takes a more low-tech approach with strategically-placed pockets for holding gel packs to help keep you cool. Read More
AryaBall: Sports equipment meets the nesting doll
By Dave LeClair
March 17, 2014
At first glance, AryaBall looks like a soccer
ball and a baseball bat. However, where it gets interesting is when you
take the soccer ball apart and find a football, baseball and flying disc
tucked inside ... like an outdoor sports version of a nesting doll.
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Last week Adidas announced a radical knitted
football boot, the Samba Primeknit (top left), but in an announcement
today, the company has gone one massive step further by combining the
boot and sock into what it believes will be the football boot of the
future. While acknowledging the boot/sock Primeknit FS (top right) is a
concept model, it plans to release the all-in-one hybrid later this
year. Adidas claims the hybrid design provides a bespoke lightweight
barefoot-like second-skin with vastly improved “feel” and a perfect fit
from toe to calf. Read More
Canadian-based start-up North45 has developed a
cleverly designed two-piece scarf with an integrated magnet that stays
fixed to your goggles while providing an escape route for your breath.
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We've been following the development of the Dainese D-Air Ski
for just over three years, and the company has now revealed a
near-competition-ready prototype to the world. Using a clever array of
sensors, the protective ski garment detects a crash and rapidly inflates
around the skier's upper body to protect from injury on the way down.
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The team at Signal Snowboards has put aside its all glass snowboard in favor of another left-field approach: a snowboard made from 100 percent recycled cardboard. Read More
Rockwell bike helmets protect your dome with bean bags
By C.C. Weiss
February 12, 2014
Hard plastic-coated foam is the traditional
recipe for bicycle helmet design, but we've seen designers experimenting
with new ways of protecting the rider's noggin. Inflatable and cardboard helmets are just two recent examples, but German company Rockwell has another idea: bean bags. Read More
Aiming to harness the mobility of skiing without
the uncomfortable and cumbersome footwear, the team behind FATblades has
designed a pair of customized skis with which riders can wear
traditional snowboard boots. Read More
Shimano has made its first foray into the increasingly crowded action cam
market with the CM-1000 Sport Camera. Lightweight and HD-capable, the
camera offers ANT+ connectivity and is compatible with Shimano's Di2
wireless SM-EWW01 unit, meaning that along with reliving that epic
downhill section, it could also prove a useful tool in tracking
performance. Read More
When you're exercising, you may think that you're
working your left and right leg muscle groups equally, but are you
really? Finnish company Myontec's Mbody system reportedly lets you know.
It consists of a sensor-equipped pair of MShorts, an MCell module that
plugs into those shorts, and an app that displays the processed data on
your mobile device. Read More
With the new vÃvofit, Garmin is rolling
performance-tracking into a package that's significantly smaller and
sleeker than its typical fitness watch. The GPS giant believes the
bracelet is more than just a "me too" device in a swelling marketplace,
explaining that it packs a few features that set it apart. Read More
The Adrenalina hoodie packs two layers worth of
shirt so that surfers, bikers and other athletes can change comfortably
on the go. The upper layer serves as a sort of "modesty towel," flipping
down over the waist and nethers to let you change your pants on a
crowded beach or parking lot. Read More
Wristband-style activity tracking devices
can already measure things like how much exercise you get each day,
thanks partly to their built-in accelerometers. The engineers at 3L
Labs, however, claim that their FootLoggers insoles can do even more.
Each device utilizes not only a three-axis accelerometer, but also eight
pressure sensors. Read More
Anyone who runs or cycles after the sun goes down
will tell ya, it's vitally important to make sure that you're visible
to motorists. Nathan's LightSpur is one of the latest products designed
to provide you with that visibility, and it looks like it draws equal
inspiration from Tron and A Fistful of Dollars. Read More
You could be forgiven for thinking that the only
thing surfers and golfers have in common is the amount of time they
spend around sand and water. This could well be changing with the
development of stand-up boards like the Golf Skate Caddy that aim to
liven up golf transport by bringing the joy of those wide sweeping turns
to the fairway. Read More
Eyewear and helmet manufacturer Carrera got itself noticed last year, when it released an accordion-like bike helmet
that can be folded in or out to accommodate different head sizes. Now,
the company has brought that same idea to the skiing and
snowboarding-oriented Snow Foldable Helmet. Read More
Third Kind LED lights add otherworldly glow to any skateboard
By C.C. Weiss
December 9, 2013
There are a number of outfits like Light Bohrd
that make LED-lighted skateboards, adding some safety and style to the
deck. But what happens if you like the lights but don't like the boards
themselves? What happens is you look for a Third Kind. The company's new
kit adds colorful LED lights to any skateboard, casting an eerie glow
over the street or park features below. Read More
Given its accessibility to anyone with two feet,
jogging is one of the most popular forms of fitness activity around the
world, with around 10 million people in Germany alone donning their
running shoes and hitting the pavement on a regular basis, according to
the Fraunhofer Institute for Photonic Microsystems (IPMS). However, this
popularity also translates into a large number of jogging-related
injuries. In an effort to reduce the number of injuries, a research team
from IPMS is developing a high-tech running shoe with the ability to
evaluate a jogger's running form and technique in real-time. Read More
Recon Instruments first came to our attention back in 2010 with the release of the world's first heads up display
(HUD) for skiers and snowboarders. The company has now outed the fourth
generation of the device, the Snow2, which adds extra processing grunt
and puts the focus on connectivity. Read More
What happens when you combine Nordic skiing,
stand-up paddle and switch-kick longboarding? You end up with a new
method of transportation called SpikeBoarding, which requires a
SkateBoard "Spike" and a specialized longboard. Read More
Zepp Labs outs 3D swing analysis systems for baseball, golf and tennis
By Mike Hanlon
November 13, 2013
Zepp Labs' training systems for Baseball, Golf
and Tennis go on sale this week, offering sophisticated scientific
analysis in three of the most commonly played and universally loved
sports. A small bat/racket/glove-mounted unit containing a powerful ARM
processor and multiple sensors, captures data at 1,000 data points per
second on the athlete's swing, then transfers that data via Bluetooth to
a smartphone or tablet for immediate analysis and feedback. Read More
Pro-Line V3 Dual Sport skateboard converts for on- and off-road use
By C.C. Weiss
October 31, 2013
There are plenty of electric skateboard designs on the market – a whole lot of them, in fact. There are also electric mountain boards.
The Altered Pro-Line V3 DS lays claim to being the first wireless
design that combines both styles into one board. Users can rip through
the dirt and zip across pavement with one modular board. Read More
In its early days, skateboarding was known in
some circles as "sidewalk surfing," but lately we've seen a number of
powered boards designed to leave the street behind and head off road. In
2009 we looked at one such prototype board known as the Scarpar Powerboard.
The inventor of that board, Dan Baldwin, has now developed another
prototype all-terrain board called the Ungoverned that is designed to
tackle everything from rocks to snow. Read More
3D-printed titanium horseshoes could win by a nose
By David Szondy
October 20, 2013
Australia's Commonwealth Scientific and
Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) has created a set of bespoke
titanium horseshoes for a Melbourne race horse using additive 3D
printing. According to CSIRO, this is a first for horse racing and
demonstrates the potential for the technology. Read More
KneeFlyer brings snowboarders and skaters to their knees
By C.C. Weiss
October 17, 2013
Texas-based start-up KneeFlyer has put a new spin
on board sports by designing a sort of board booster seat. The add-on
allows snowboarders and skaters to kneel or sit on their boards,
lowering their centers of gravity and making it easier to balance and
turn. Read More
Leatherman announces new pocket tools for skaters and surfers
By Tim Walker
September 23, 2013
Continuing its ongoing trend towards targeting specific user groups, Leatherman is extending its line of multi-tools with two new action sports models designed for surfers and skaters. Read More
ClimbAX wristbands monitor and assess your climbing skills
By Ben Coxworth
September 17, 2013
So, yep, a performance-monitoring device for yet another sport has been created. Just in the past 30 days alone, we've heard about new gadgets to help athletes improve their basketball and hockey
skills. Now, a University of Newcastle tech spin-off has announced a
system known as ClimbAX – and as its name implies, it's designed for
climbers. Read More
FWD Powershot lets hockey players measure speed and stats of their shots
By Dave LeClair
September 13, 2013
In sports, data is useful in helping players improve their game. We've seen performance-monitoring devices for basketball, golf and swimming,
but hockey gadgets were lacking. Now, Montreal's Quattriuum Team is
launching FWD Powershot, a performance sensor for hockey that goes right
in the player's stick and provides a range of shot data. Read More
For fitness enthusiasts wanting to keep track of
performance, or sports professionals looking for real-time information
to help improve their game, the selection of monitoring devices is
pretty good ... if you happen to be a runner or a cyclist. There's even one for kayakers.
If you're a tennis player, however, your options are pretty much
non-existent. Veteran French racket specialist Babolat is looking to
address this shortfall with the release of its Play Pure Drive. The
sensor packed racket collects data on a player's game, which is then
transmitted to a smartphone or tablet running a proprietary app for
analysis. Read More
NBA to use motion tracking cameras in all games next season
By Dave LeClair
September 10, 2013
When you combine sports with technology, you can
end up with some serious improvements to the game. The NBA and Stats LLC
is rolling out the SportVU motion tracking system, which uses six
cameras to collect various types of data for the purpose of statistic
tracking. Read More
Back in February, Gizmag scoured the many halls of the ISPO Munich 2013
sports show for the latest and greatest in action, outdoor and snow
sports gear. Recently we did the same at one of ISPO's American
counterparts: Outdoor Retailer Summer Market. Along the way we found
numerous interesting, innovative and downright odd vehicles, vessels and
machines designed for those specialist, sporty uses where standard
equipment just doesn't cut it. With the summer winding down toward
cooler weather (or vice versa for our southern readers), we thought it
the perfect time to share this mix of snow, street, air and water gear.
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Although shooting baskets is an important part of
basketball training in and of itself, it would certainly be helpful to
know how many of your shots actually result in the ball going through
the hoop – is your success rate increasing or dropping, and if so, by
how much? The Hoop Tracker system is designed to let you know. Read More
Longboard skateboards can travel downhill
insanely fast, which makes the practice of downhill boarding look pretty
scary to a lot of us. Add in the fact that the boards don’t have
brakes, however, and it can seem downright suicidal. That’s why
Australian boarder Benjamin Newman has developed the brake-equipped
Brakeboard. Read More
There's no shortage of sports performance trackers, but most of them are worn on the body. Watches and glasses
simply aren't comfortable for every sport, or every athlete. The Trace
action sports activity monitor being developed by California's
ActiveReplay pulls the hardware off the body and puts it somewhere more
comfortable – on the board. It also adds some tracking functions geared
specifically for board sports. Read More
When people want to criticize electric cars, they
often refer to them as glorified golf carts. Why? Because golf carts
(with a few exceptions)
are known for being slow and boring. That being the case, what options
are there for hip, young golfers who are too cool for carts? Well, they
might soon be able to carve across the greens on an electric GolfBoard.
Read More
It may be a relatively new sport, but there's
been surprisingly little technological innovation in the world of
paintball since it was created. Aside from a few modest enhancements,
the basic gas-powered guns (also called markers) have remained about the
same, but an upcoming product could change how the game is played
entirely. The Strikeloader is a battery-operated backpack that feeds
paintballs directly into a gun, eliminating the need for a regular
loader while holding six times as much ammo. Read More
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Even if you don’t know any golfers, you probably
know that they’re obsessed with perfecting their swing. As a result,
it’s now possible to buy swing-improving gear such as special cameras, gyroscopic clubs, and sensor-equipped gloves. One of the latest such aids is a device/app combo known as Swingbyte2. Read More
Michigan-based Sintercore is billing its Auxetik
as the first commercial 3D printed firearm muzzle brake. Made of Inconel
alloy using a laser additive manufacturing process, the Auxetik is
designed to tame the recoil and muzzle rise of AR-15 pistols. Read More
Usain Bolt is often described as the world's
fastest man. The reigning Olympic champion in the 100-meter and
200-meter sprints as well as a member of the Olympic champion 4x100
meter relay team, Bolt is the first man to win six Olympic gold medals
in sprinting, and is a five-time world champion. Long and lanky at 6 ft 5
in tall, he towers above the (mostly) much shorter sprinters. How has
he managed to come out on top for the past five years? A team of
physicists from the Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico (UNAM) has
analyzed Bolt's past performances in the 100-meter sprint to understand
what makes a record-breaker. Read More
If you want something to look elegant, you build
it out of wood. If you want it to look cutting-edge, on the other hand,
you make it out of carbon fiber. So, what happens when you combine the
two materials? Well, you end up with something like Peugeot's one-off
GTi Surfboard Concept. Read More
Inspired by Nike’s “Nature Amplified” design
ethos, the Free Hyperfeel shoes are the company’s latest sports footwear
designed to mimic the working of the human foot. By using
pressure-mapping technology and high-speed film to analyze the foot in
motion, the designers say they were able to provide padding and
protection only where it is needed. The result is a shoe made up of only
seven components, which contrasts with the 57 components that go into a
typical Air Pegasus running shoe. Read More
Athletes are always looking for equipment that
can give them an edge, and for runners, that means shoes that can launch
them ahead with minimal energy. In the past, most shoe companies have
produced shoes with flexible mid-soles that help the wearer push off of
the ground more easily, but some recent footwear from Adidas might take
that concept to a new level. The aptly-named Adidas Springblade uses
angled elastic blades on the soles to quickly propel the wearer forward
as if they had springs on their feet. Read More
Cyclists who don't dig the idea of fitting a spray bottle
next to the brake levers, gear shifters, shock adjusters and other
handlebar hardware on their bikes may have a simpler alternative for
keeping cool. The new Vortex bicycle jersey includes an integrated
airflow system that serves as a sort of air conditioning on the road or
trail. Read More
Novice runners wearing ordinary, non-supportive
running shoes are at no greater risk of injury, even if they pronate or
supinate (that is, their feet roll inward or outward as they run)
according to new research out of Aarhus University in Denmark. The
researchers think that novice runners should instead think about their
weight, training regime and old injuries as the predominate risks of
injury. Read More
Although everyone knows of the dangers of brain
injuries, it’s often difficult to tell if such an injury has taken
place. There are certainly cases in which athletes receive concussions,
yet say that they feel fine when asked. That’s why Reebok and flexible
electronics developer MC10 have created the CheckLight skull cap. It
lets athletes and coaches know when a potentially brain-damaging impact
has been delivered to its wearer’s head. Read More
Mark Cuban, billionaire entrepreneur and
outspoken owner of the Dallas Mavericks NBA team, has awarded Southern
Methodist University (SMU) Associate Professor Peter G. Weyand a grant
of over US$100,000 to carry out an 18-month biomechanics study of
flopping on the basketball court. The study is aimed at determining if
video or other records of the on court action can be used to distinguish
between a player going down as a result of a collision or whether they
are taking a dive. Read More
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