Boys of Summer Get New Hard Hats ()
UniWatch has a great look at the new baseball helmet innovations: In case you missed it, Uni Watch is referring to the new batting helmets that were worn during the game. The new lids featured a molded...
View ArticleCool It ()
Adidas has a new round of 'ClimaCool' products. The advanced range of sporting apparel and footwear comes as a result of adidas ever-evolving ClimaCool technology that works hard to keep you cool, dry...
View ArticleCamelBak Grunts ()
As a kid I used to play with my uncle's canteens (and other GI Joe equipment) from his days as a US soldier. They were heavy and durable, and I thought they were the neatest things in the world. But,...
View ArticleJock Be Gone ()
Dan Akst is one of the best and most interesting writers in the country and today he tackles the rise -- and fall -- and possible rise again -- of a perfectly good sporting technology. Apparently...
View ArticleI'm Looking for Something in a Pump, or Maybe a Slingback... ()
PBS recently had an interesting look at the efforts at MIT to generate technological improvement in sports. PAUL SOLMAN: Blair also wants students to get some real-world science experience by working...
View Article3-2-1- Contacts... ()
Nice shades: The Baltimore Orioles have an unlikely secret weapon this season: Brian Roberts' contact lenses. Roberts has been testing a new type of prescription contacts developed jointly by Nike Inc....
View ArticleIf the Shoe Cuts... ()
Want to know a sport technology that can really hurt you? Blades in rugby. Wigan coach Ian Millward has called for a ban on "razor-blade studs" after young star Harrison Hansen suffered "a great big...
View ArticleFree Your Feet, and the Rest Will Follow ()
Interesting look at the technology development behind the new Nike Free, which is designed to feel like you're running barefoot, on grass: Nike researchers brought in 10 men and 10 women to run...
View ArticleThe Coming Sneaker Wars ()
Here's a good look at the coming sneaker wars: "When manufacturers come out with a new shoe, technology is where they begin," says Dan Kasen, manager of information services at the National Sporting...
View ArticleHelmeted Cowboys? ()
Apparently some folks in rodeo are starting to wear... helmets. In recent years, rodeo competitors have adopted a few items of protective equipment that give them some measure of safety while taking on...
View ArticleThe Future's So Bright... ()
The Baltimore Oriole Brian Roberts has made tinted contact lenses a hot commodity this year. And now Nike and B and L are in on the act. The Nike Maxsight sport-tinted soft contact lenses, hitting the...
View ArticleIf the Shoe Fits... ()
Attention athletes: Customized shoes are coming your way -- at least if you are in Asia.
View ArticleNever Let 'Em See You Sweat ()
If you were redirected here from Slate then... welcome. As a wise man once said: "go ahead, snoop around." For TG readers, I have a piece at Slate magazine on performance apparel and the war on sweat.
View ArticleA Spring In Your Step ()
A friend alerted me to these cool new running shoes. Spira Footwear, a four-year-old company based in El Paso, Texas, makes the world's only shoes with actual springs in the soles. The springs act as...
View ArticleFriday Night Lights Lenses ()
According to this piece: There's a buzz that Nike and Bausch & Lomb are developing sport-tinted contact lenses for sports played at night under artificial lights.
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