Wearable gadgets such as the new Apple Watch and Google Glass have become must-have toys for technophiles, but athletes are making use of a whole new class of wearables to improve their performance and potentially help save them from serious injury, a former NFL linebacker said yesterday at MITX's FutureM conference.
A year before growing awareness of the dangers of concussions prompted the Boston City Council to pass an ordinance this week barring college athletes from re-entering games when they lose consciousness or sustain a suspected concussion, the Cambridge electronics company MC10 teamed up with Reebok on the Reebok Checklight, a skullcap tucked under a player's helmet and embedded with sensors that measure the force of a head impact during play. A light on the cap turns yellow if the impact is moderate and red if the impact is severe.
"No one wants to come out and say they've been hurt," said Isaiah Kacyvenski, who sustained seven diagnosed concussions during his eight-year NFL career and is now head of MC10's Sports and Fitness Segment. "So the light stays on until you've been checked out."
Later this year, the company plans to launch a headband version of the Checklight for soccer and basketball players, Kacyvenski said. And in 2015, it expects to launch Biostamp, a Band-Aid-like patch that can record data such as heart rate, muscle activity and hydration level, he said. At another FutureM panel discussion yesterday, Peter Stringer, the Celtics' senior director of digital media, and Timothy Zue, Red Sox vice president of business development, talked about ways they're using technology to try to improve fans' experience.
A first-of-its-kind, 30-minute, live, pre-game mobile application show called "Home Court Advantage presented by American Express" gives Celtics fans insider access to their favorite players before each home game, while the MLB.com free "At the Ballpark" app gives Sox fans mobile check-in, social media, offers, rewards and exclusive content.
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