While it is just a couple of milliamps of positive electric current (about what a 9-volt battery produces), as an engineer who has had to worry about maximum electrical current tolerances for creating safe medical devices, I admit that the thought of zapping my brain using a headset initially made me feel uneasy. However, after speaking to Emily Hu, an […]
Zapping Your Brain In Training
New Augmented Reality Rock Climbing Wall
Indoor rock climbing is excellent fun all by itself – but that doesn’t mean it can’t be more fun if you make a video game out of it. Augmented Climbing projects interactive images onto the climbing wall so you can play a bunch of different games as you work out. Augmented Climbing, from Finnish company Valo Motion, has now rolled […]
Up Your Game With This Soccer Ball
We’ve already seen a couple of “smart” soccer balls with integrated sensors that track parameters such as the ball’s spin and trajectory. Well, the DribbleUp takes a different approach to smart training. It doesn’t feature any onboard electronics, but instead has markings that allow it to be tracked by a free iOS/Android app. Users start by launching the app, placing their smartphone […]
Can Stackable Soccer Pitch Become A Reality?
Building soccer pitches isn’t typically a priority in London’s limited space, so architect AL_A has devised a way to make the most of the spaces that are available. Its Pitch/Pitch concept can fit multiple five-a-side soccer pitches on small disused plots by stacking them on top of each other. Like Pavegen’s footstep-powered pitches in Brazil and Nigeria, the aim is to help foster […]
Dreaming Of Being Able To Fly?
The Zapata Ezfly looks for all intents and purposes like a Segway of the sky. You stand on a small platform equipped with a series of jet thrusters, holding two handgrips that come up from the base, then rise up into the air and zoom around, steering with your bodyweight. It builds on the platform of Franky Zapata’s Flyboard Air, a […]
Video Assistant Referee The Way Forward
Video Assistant Referee (VAR) technology has been calling difficult decisions in U.S. sports for years, but now the global game of soccer is finally set to fully integrate the system with its first use at a World Cup. The International Football Association Board (IFAB) on Monday, January 22 gave the technology the nod for Russia 2018 following extensive testing over the last […]
Turning Boring Rehab Into Fun Moments
At CES 2018 in Las Vegas, NEOFECT, a South Korean firm, was showing off its RAPAEL Smart Pegboard, a new take on a simple rehab device. Pegboards are commonly used in rehabilitation settings to practice hand dexterity, as well as to assess an individual’s state and progress. They’re particularly useful for those recovering from a stroke, but their design typically doesn’t […]
Can This Headphone Make You Better At Sports?
These over-the-ear headphones supposedly deliver tiny electrical impulses directly to the motor cortex, the area of your brain that controls body movement, putting those brain cells in a state of hyperplasticity; basically, it’ll make your brain temporarily more receptive to learning physical movement. This may sound like science-fiction, but the technology backing up these claims is grounded in actual research […]
Excercise While Pushing A Stroller
Elliptical bikes may provide a good form of low-impact exercise for people who want to get out and about, but what if you’re a new parent with a baby that you don’t want to leave at home? Well, that’s why Pier Paolo Visconti invented the Elliptical Stroller. The device consists of two main parts – a baby carriage in the front, […]
Secure Your Kayak Boards Conveniently
No more need to use tie downs! LockRack is a new revolutionary system that lets you safely carry your boards or kayak without the hassle and headache of straps and tie-downs. LockRack allows you to spend less time loading and unloading, once they’re on, securely loading a board on the roof is as easy and fast as placing it on the rack […]