Competitive swimmers certainly like to track their performance, often using devices such as swim watches – the problem is, the athletes have to stop to look at those things. A Vancouver-based startup is out to address that problem, with its augmented-reality Form Swim Goggles. Looking for the most part like regular goggles, the Forms are equipped with an IMU (inertial […]

People have been casually playing football, soccer and ultimate frisbee on the beach and at picnics for decades, but basketball? Not so much. Now that’s about to get a lot easier with Uball, a portable, easy-to-set-up hoop and backboard that even has its own unique game rules. Like so many great, deceptively simple inventions, Uball was born out of a […]

Ping pong is a two (or four) player game, but if you need to practice alone then a robot server can help. Though basic cheap models are available, more advanced features can come with a pretty high price tag. Joola says that its Infinity Smart Table Tennis Training Robot boasts advanced features for a fraction of the cost of high […]

A little piece of history has gone down at the Monteblanco racetrack in Spain, with the world’s first fully autonomous car race completed last week. Two teams pitted code and cars against one another, with Team Arrival beating out the Technical University of Munich to take the first ever Roborace win. The Robocars in question are no joke – 300-kW […]

Jetskis are a bit like motorbikes for the water. Hydrofoil boards and boats allow users to cut through and rise above the waves. The WaveFlyer merges the two, and throws in electric propulsion for a cleaner and quieter ride. Billed as the world’s first electric hydrofoil jetski, the WaveFlyer is the result of a partnership between the University of Adelaide’s […]

Let’s face it: due to the amount of thrust required to lift a person off the ground, practical personal jetpacks may never exist – at least, not for use in the air. Underwater jetpacks, however, are another story. We’ve seen a fewlately, with one of the latest incorporating a novel backpack unit. Created by Hong Kong-based AquaBeyond, the SubCruiser is […]

We’ve seen mermaid-type monofins before, and we’ve also seen so-called underwater scooters. A group of US/UK entrepreneurs has gone and combined the two, in the form of a monofin that gives swimmers an electric boost with each kick. Known as the Amphi, the prototype device was initially developed by Dr. Marek Swoboda, a Polish biomedical engineer now living in the […]

In honor of Earth Day this year, Google wants you to pledge to lower your environmental impact and support a circular economy — but to have fun with it. To help users do that, Google made an important addition to “Your Plan, Your Planet,” an interactive tool that the tech company first rolled out in September 2018. The digital tool walks […]

It was back in 2016 that we first heard about the KerVelo, a recumbent bike that replaced the chain with a gearhub transmission built into the front wheel. Well, it’s now more of a head-turner than ever, with the new carbon fiber Low Racer model being unveiled at last month’s Spezi bike show in Germany. Like the original version, the […]

Around this time last year, Italy’s IK Multimedia unveiled its first hardware synthesizer, the UNO Synth. Now the company has added another member to the family with the launch of the UNO Drum. IK provides the player with sonic flexibility in the form of a hybrid setup that offers both analog and digital sounds to mix and match. The analog/PCM […]