Sports Techie

Tag: safety

  • Russell Athletic Launches New CarbonTek With OS Technology, State-of-the-Art Shoulder Pad System

    Russell Athletic Launches New CarbonTek With OS Technology, State-of-the-Art Shoulder Pad System Russell Athletic introduced “CarbonTek with OS Technology™”, the brand’s first ever, football shoulder pad system that changes the game.  The Sports Techie community was able to speak with Russell Athletics’ VP of Design & Development, Sarah Gholston, about their revolutionary football product made…

  • Essential Boating Gadgets for Canada’s Summer Season

    Essential Boating Gadgets for Canada’s Summer Season The National Marine Manufacturers Association reports that 15 million Canadians enjoyed boating on Canada’s plethora of lakes, rivers and shorelines last year. You are beside yourself with anticipation, waiting for summer so you can head back onto the water. While you’re waiting, get ready for this year’s boating…

  • Churchill Downs New 4K Video Board By Panasonic For Kentucky Derby Is World’s Largest

    The new “Big Board” installed by Panasonic at Churchill Downs, the historic home of the Kentucky Derby, will be the only video board in an outdoor stadium or arena capable of displaying the new and advanced 4K ultra-high definition technology. Churchill Downs Racetrack (“CDRT”) unveiled a new $12 million, 15,224 square foot, high-definition (HD) LED…

  • Sartorial Sports: Tech-Powered Apparel Optimizes Player Performance – Intel by Sports Techie

    iQ by Intel I was asked by iQ by Intel to examine the morphing of sports and technology in apparel that is optimized with sports tech, here.  The Sports Techie community blog is excited to share this trending topic with our global, U.S. and Seattle area readers. Sartorial Sports Clothes that operate like wearable computers are becoming…

  • Motocross Can Teach Kids Valuable Life Lessons

    He’s tried football and baseball. She’s tried softball, soccer, and tennis. And you have watched and inwardly wept with him when these sports didn’t work out for one reason or another. Your child wants to be an athletic success, and you know that it is possible if you can find the right activity. With more than…

  • Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics Fan Safety Infographic

    It’s a high stakes game of life and death. Terrorists have vowed to disrupt the winter Olympic games; while Russia has more than 200,000 military, police and secret service agents at the ready to safeguard the athletes and visitors. The Sports Techie community blog thanks Zelda Robbins for sharing a new sports management degree hub…

  • Super Bowl Security is not a Game – It’s been at Level 1 since 9-11

    Forget stoic Peyton Manning vs. brash Richard Sherman – the biggest Super Bowl story surrounds unprecedented security for Super Bowl XLVIII, where a projected 400,000 will invade New York/New Jersey for the first cold-weather venue Big Game in NFL history. For several months, the FBI, local police, marine and military experts have been working on…

  • Digital Scout Delivered Live Under Armour And U.S Army High School All-American Bowl Games

    Two of the top high school all-star games sponsored by Under Armour and the U.S. Army were featured live via the HS Game Center by Digital Scout. Dan Fronczak, Digital Scout/Vice President, reached out the Sports Techie community blog to share their newest digital football achievements. Promoting the sport of high school football in 2014 and giving fans…

  • Football Helmet Sensor Technology

    Researching the topic of technology sensors in football helmets for iQ by Intel was an outstanding Sports Techie community blog opportunity. I interviewed helmet manufacturers Riddell Sports, Schutt Sports and Xenith along with an Intel spokesperson about how their company addresses helmet sensor tech. Big Data generated by high-impact collisions is being gathered with Intel…