Tag: SPORTS TECH

ESPN2 HD is following up its well received Black Magic documentary (the network's most viewed doc ever) with four more, starting April 22 each Tuesday gets a little more inspirational. Hellfighters and The Streak tell the story of Harlem football team and a Florida wrestling squad holding onto a 30+ year winning streak when they debut at the end of the month, while May brings Bud Greenspan: The ...

Do you run at night? We've found the shoe for you. Down dark alleys and through the murky underbrush (are you sure you really want to run in such places), your way will be lit with this concept shoe from the folks at Pioneer. With each pavement pounding step, the shoes power up a small battery, which keeps a small light going, letting you see what's before your feet. The concept seems familiar ...

Apple seems to think you're all a bunch of fat asses who need to get more exercise. Frankly, we're inclined to agree, you have been looking a little soft around the middle lately. Apple has already teamed with Nike on iPod and running shoe packages, and unveiled a plan to put iPod docks in treadmills for saving workout data, now a new patent reveals the boys in Cupertino may be working on a ...

In the world of Olympic competition, participants will do anything they can to get an edge. Some take things a little too far, using performance enhancing drugs, but you can be sure that even those who would never break the rules are doing everything in their power to get the most out of them. Apparel and equipment manufacturers are definitely on board, spending millions of dollars to produce the ...

Exercise gear seems to be the most obvious point of entry for wired clothing, and now NuMetrex has done for the sports bra what Ford did for the horse and buggy. Sorta. The company's sports bra is wired with tiny electrodes knitted right into the fabric, which are able to sense your heart rate. A tiny transmitter snaps into a small pocket in the front of the bra (bra with pockets!), and sends ...

In a move destined to give gadget heads with gridiron proclivities a reason to rejoice, Verizon has announced that its V Cast customers will have access to live, full-length NCAA college football bowl games on their cellular phones this season. While the major BCS championship bowls will not be offered, subscribers with V Cast-outfitted phones will be able to view 24 of the less-heralded ...

The winner in a game of soccer is often determined by the smallest of margins, one goal dividing the victor from the vanquished. It is no surprise, then, that a source of dispute between fans, players and coaches from opposing teams has frequently been whether the ball did in fact cross the goal line on a contested shot. Luckily, the Daily Mail reports that a developing technology may soon ...