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Australia’s Fliteboard has announced the launch of its Series 3 electric hydrofoil boards, including a brand new prothusiast model called the Ultra L that’s billed as the world’s lightest performance eFoil.Continue ReadingCategory: Marine, TransportTag… Continue reading Fliteboard rides high with world’s lightest performance eFoil
We’ve heard about a number of experimental skin-worn biosensors, which analyze the wearer’s sweat to monitor everything from stress to blood glucose levels. Well, athletes can now actually buy one of the things, that is designed to keep them from getti… Continue reading Nix wearable lets you know when to hydrate, by analyzing your sweat
A new study from researchers in Japan offers the first direct investigation into the effects of caffeine on 100-meter sprint running. The findings revealed athletes who dose up on caffeine can run significantly faster sprint times.Continue ReadingCateg… Continue reading Sprint study confirms caffeine does help you run faster
Garmin’s fitness brand Tacx has rolled out a new version of the NEO Bike indoor cycling machine, which is designed to bring outdoor riding inside with simulated gradients, the feel of different road surfaces and even the wind in your hair.Continue Read… Continue reading Garmin brings an outdoor feel to indoor training with Tacx NEO Bike Plus
Proponent of greenery covered architecture Stefano Boeri Architetti has revealed its design for a soccer stadium and sports complex in Milan, Italy. The ambitious project would include a park and museum, and would be filled with thousands of plants and… Continue reading Stefano Boeri sows seeds for tree-filled International Forest Stadium
When it comes to rough sports, it’s certainly a good idea for coaches to be able to monitor the performance and well-being of their players. A new device allows them to do so remotely, and it takes the form of a protective mouthguard of the sort that a… Continue reading Orb Smartguard keeps tabs on athletes through their mouths
Everyone visiting Qatar for the World Cup needs to install spyware on their phone.
Everyone travelling to Qatar during the football World Cup will be asked to download two apps called Ehteraz and Hayya.
Briefly, Ehteraz is an covid-19 tracking app, while Hayya is an official World Cup app used to keep track of match tickets and to access the free Metro in Qatar.
In particular, the covid-19 app Ehteraz asks for access to several rights on your mobile., like access to read, delete or change all content on the phone, as well as access to connect to WiFi and Bluetooth, override other apps and prevent the phone from switching off to sleep mode…
The latest sportswatch from Finland’s Suunto, which made our selection of the best smartwatches of 2021, not only boasts the rugged adventure-ready build expected of the premium brand, but is also the first from the company to have its lifecycle carbon… Continue reading Suunto keeps carbon footprint low for latest premium smartwatch
This is a fascinating glimpse of the future of automatic cheating detection in sports:
Maybe you heard about the truly insane false-start controversy in track and field? Devon Allen—a wide receiver for the Philadelphia Eagles—was disqualified from the 110-meter hurdles at the World Athletics Championships a few weeks ago for a false start.
Here’s the problem: You can’t see the false start. Nobody can see the false start. By sight, Allen most definitely does not leave before the gun.
But here’s the thing: World Athletics has determined that it is not possible for someone to push off the block within a tenth of a second of the gun without false starting. They have science that shows it is beyond human capabilities to react that fast. Of course there are those (I’m among them) who would tell you that’s nonsense, that’s pseudoscience, there’s no way that they can limit human capabilities like that. There is science that shows it is humanly impossible to hit a fastball. There was once science that showed human beings could not run a four-minute mile…
Continue reading Automatic Cheating Detection in Human Racing
Amazfit kicked off the fourth generation of its GT series smartwatches earlier this year with the launch of the GTS 4 Mini, and has now added two more models at IFA 2022, which boast dual-band GPS supporting five satellite systems.Continue ReadingCateg… Continue reading Amazfit brings dual-band GPS to GT 4 series smartwatches