The equipment that will optimize your temperature, stop a nosebleed, and help you hit the perfect 300-yard drive
By Brett ZardaPosted 7.29.08 at 1:56 pm 1 Comments
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These bandages, made with chitosan, a substance found in shrimp shells, are up to 30 times more effective in stopping bleeding than other hemostatic bandages. An earlier version was first introduced for military use, and NBA teams soon followed. Now available over the counter, it’s overkill for a shaving nick, but a quick fix for nasty on-field cuts. Up next: an implantable version for surgical applications, and a spray or gel that could help bleeding boxers avert an early disqualification. KytoStat $6 each; kytostat.com
Football coaches can now trade their playbooks and dry-erase boards for a virtual-reality headset. Technology from 3DMVP converts football-game footage into a three-dimensional videogame-like interface. Coaches and players can then watch plays at any speed, from any angle, with a mouse click. A 3-D computerized playbook is just as easy: Pick a formation, drag the mouse to where each player should end up, and press “Play.” Systems for baseball and soccer are also in the works. 3DMVP $100,000; 3dmvp.com
Yea this will be real useful for all the millions of coaches out there who can afford twenty of these. I mean it's only going to cost them $2,000,000 OR they could try and do it all old-fashioned like and use a marker.
Unexplained jitters when tackling easy tap-ins have befallen even the most legendary pros. Now, a group of scientists hopes to reveal which sections of the brain are responsible for choking
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Yea this will be real useful for all the millions of coaches out there who can afford twenty of these. I mean it's only going to cost them $2,000,000 OR they could try and do it all old-fashioned like and use a marker.