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The Adidas miCoach Will Track Real-Time Data From Every Single MLS Player
At Manhattan’s New Museum of Contemporary Art this morning, Adidas and Major League Soccer announced a huge new initiative that’ll...
Video: Japanese Robots Attempt Chaotic Game of American Football
During the dark sports month of February, when there’s nothing to watch but mid-season NBA games, sometimes I think about...
A Modern Super Bowl Sunday Is Nothing Without Puffed Cheese-Flavored Snacks
Here's how to make your own, with just three kinds of food starch
Sensor-Laden Mouthguards Record Head Impact Data on the Gridiron
Helmet sensors have been used for years to try to gauge the nuances and consequences of head injuries in contact...
Seeking Advanced Stem Cell Treatment, Peyton Manning Flies to Europe
As fantasy teams across the nation crumbled in Week 1, football’s greatest current quarterback (yeah, that’s right) sat down for...
A Smarter Football Helmet Could Prevent Brain Damage
THE PROBLEM During the 2010 season, about 160 NFL players suffered concussions, which doctors have linked to depression, early onset...
Video: Da Vinci Surgical Robot Laces a Football Better Than I Lace My Shoes
The Da Vinci robot, a remotely-controlled tool for surgeons, is capable of performing all-robotics surgery, but sometimes we like to...
Under Armour’s Sensor-Embedded Shirts Measure NFL Prospects, Stride by Stride
Under Armour’s E39 shirt looks mostly like a typical Under Armour compression shirt, which is to say, entirely unflattering on...
NFL Testing Helmets With Impact-Sensing Accelerometers for Concussion Analysis
The same sensors that detect the tilt of your smartphone could well start showing up in the helmets of NFL...
Philadelphia Eagles to Be Powered by On-Site Renewable Energy in 10 Months
Those spiky things around the stadium's top? Those are 20-foot-tall wind turbines. 80 of them