i1 Biometrics Tackles Concussions

By: Trent Sullivan 

The chances of getting a concussion for a football player are significantly greater compared to athletes in other sports. Studies have shown that the majority of concussions go unreported because concussions do not show any obvious injury to the body. i1Biometrics has created a new concussion-sensing mouthguard that provides athletic trainers with measurable data to diagnose concussion instead of just through observations. The Vector Mouthguard has a built micro-chip. accelerator, gyroscope, battery, and antenna that measures the impact of a hit taken to the head. The Vector mouthguard is more accurate than other concussion sensors on the market because of the contact that the mouthguard has to the players skull. The Vector mouthguard also sends the data collected from the mouthguard wirelessly in real-time to the sideline. This life saving mouthguard costs $199. 

Do you think that this mouthguard is worth the price? 

Can you see this becoming more popular for football players to use? 

Here is the article about the Vector Mouthguard and the home of i1 Biometrics. 

Facing the Problem of Being Sleep Deprived

By: Trent Sullivan

    In our world, the majority of people are so consumed with getting there their name up the ladder they sacrifice that for their sleep. Most people could probably use more sleep and a more consistent sleep routine, but what if your job requires you to be on the road as much as you are at home? That is the challenge that Major League Baseball players are dealt with.

    The Seattle Mariners have began using a state-of-the-art piece of wearable technology called the Readiband to fix this problem and find answers to each individual player. The Readiband tracks many things including; quality and quantity of sleep, how many times someone wakes up, and how long it takes them to fall asleep.

    The challenge is to optimize the opportunity of sleep for these players. The Readiband shows the impact that sleep has on the athletes performance and reaction time. The use of the Readiband seemed to be beneficial for the Mariners’, as they had on of their best season as a team in a decade. The Readiband has also been used in the NBA, NFL, MLS, U.S. Navy, and the Federal Aviation Administration.

Is the Readiband something you would be interested in using and how would is help you?

For more information about the Readiband you can click here.

Augmented Reality

Whatever its oddities and awkwardness’s, this is the first step in getting to that HUD Terminator experience that captured so many imaginations 30 years ago.

Google Glass could possibly be the next big thing to blow up in technology. It is capable of triggering our imagination and creativity through a tiny, projected screen using voice command along with a touch pad on the side of its frame. The touch pad wakes up the glass, enabling a display of your home screen that includes a clock, your messages, videos, photos, weather and upcoming events from your calendar. It has a built in 1st person recording camera that will give you the POV exactly the way it was seen. It has Endless possibilities, imagine using it during a sporting event, giving viewers the on field/in game experience. The technology could help pro sports teams to allow their fans to experience games more viscerally. The Kings were the first

NBA Team to experiment with Google Glass, using it in a January game against the Pacers last season. I can see Google glass taking the fan experience to the next level, making them see what athletes see during games, giving you the ability to pick which position/player you want to be. Would you be interested in taking advantage of google glass and what’s to come from it?