Tag: world

  • Brazuca FIFA 2014 World Cup Soccer Ball By Adidas High-Tech Performance

    The Sports Techie community blog is excited to be a new affiliate for adidas throughout the FIFA 2014 World Cup, read more about it below. Our first blog is about the adidas Brazuca World Cup Soccer Ball and how tech R&D helps bring the game to a new level. From dimly lit streets and dirt fields…

  • Dale Jr. and Jimmie Johnson’s Classic Chevy Truck Creations Revealed

    Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Jimmie Johnson have revealed the classic Chevy trucks that they custom built in partnership with Valvoline and Hendrick Motorsports. This project was unique and had not been done with drivers until now. They took two stock pickup trucks and updated them with the best truck and part options available. Fans voted…

  • Deltatre and Microsoft Pioneering Digital Full Multiscreen For All Broadcasters At NAB

    The long-standing sports technology relationship between deltatre and Microsoft continues to morph into a robust digital full multiscreen offering for all broadcasters worldwide. Today until Thursday, deltatre is presenting at the Microsoft booth (SL5110) at NAB (April, 7-10) in Las Vegas and welcomes all major broadcasters and the Sports Techie community blog readers to come…

  • Microsoft And Deltatre Co-exhibit At NAB 2014

    The 2014 NAB news coming out of Turin, Italy that Microsoft and deltatre are co-exhibiting to showcase live demos from the sports technology centric 2014 Winter Games and share a glimpse at future major sporting events, including the FIFA World Cup in Brazil, is fantastic. The Sports Techie community blog salutes the ingenuity by deltatre…

  • 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…

  • MLB PrePlay Enhances Second Screen, Fan Experience And Sponsor ROI

    The sports technology suite of PrePlay free apps allows you and your Sports Techie friends to predict every play of every game and earn currency while watching live sport broadcasts. MLB PrePlay is off to its second year and is the official Major League Baseball prediction game. The New York startup had 25 million predictions…

  • MAN VS. DOG – Who’s the Better Athlete?

    Purina Pro Plan shared their MAN vs. DOG Infographic deeper look at the average stats when comparing dogs to humans from an athletic perspective, with the Sports Techie community blog. Dogs are naturally gifted athletes and Pro Plan wanted to showcase that by putting some amazing statistics side-by-side with some of the world’s most accomplished…

  • Swish Analytics Algorithmic Sports, Predictions And Betting Recommendations At BetBuckets

    Swish Analytics Inc., is a sports technology startup based in San Francisco that developed algorithmic sports, predictions and betting recommendations. The three founders raised $300K in March from a group of private angel investors to deliver algorithmic sports predictions to bettors and fans in the underserved data science field. The ground-breaking movie Moneyball, opened the public’s…

  • Hyperice Injury Prevention And Recovery Technology Company Has Cornered New Markets

    The new executive vice president of marketing and business development at Hyperice is Jim Huether, someone I met while researching for an iQ by Intel contribution on football helmet technology. Hyperice is an injury prevention and recovery company that recently partnered with Adrian Peterson, who joins Blake Griffin, Hope Solo and a number of other…

  • Win 15K When You Predict the Best March Madness Bracket Data Set

    Intel and Kaggle have teamed up to introduce the new March Madness Learning Mania competition. The winner of this NCAA tournament based contest earns $15,000, may that be a Sports Techie community blog reader. I had a terrific opportunity to learn about Kaggle’s competition-based platform and Intel’s Big Data push towards business applications that can predict…