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The Planet Beach franchise has opened a new wellness centre in the state of Louisiana, with the facility offering guests ...
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03 Mar 2014
The use of face recognition technology to monitor sports fans at the gates of stadiums continues to grow in prominence, ...
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25 Feb 2014
Scientific and technological developments are becoming increasingly important in contributing to the success of athletes, as recent medal triumphs in ...
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25 Feb 2014
A research team at Loughborough University has gained funding from the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH) to investigate ...
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25 Feb 2014
A rugby club is using a point-of-care ultrasound system from FujiFilm SonoSite in order to diagnose and monitor musculoskeletal injuries. ...
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24 Feb 2014
Microsoft is the latest company to join the fitness app trend by releasing the Bing Health & Fitness Windows Phone ...
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21 Feb 2014
One of Sweden’s leading gym chains has banned changing room 'selfies' at its Stockholm clubs in a bid to protect ...
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20 Feb 2014
A new patent granted to Apple suggests that the technology giant could be looking to create a sports monitoring system ...
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19 Feb 2014
The Wearable Technology Show 2014, Europe’s largest dedicated event for the fast-growing sector, will gather innovators and industry leaders at ...
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18 Feb 2014
London South Bank university’s psychology department has developed a fake bar at a cost of £20,000 to help test reactions ...
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18 Feb 2014
Canadian software company Geosports is developing an app to try and increase participation in sport in an age in which ...
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18 Feb 2014
Lizzy Yarnold's skeleton gold medal at the Sochi Olympics on Friday was only the 10th gold in British winter Olympic ...
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17 Feb 2014
As part of the European Union (EU)-funded Inprofood project – which aims to bring together research, industry and civil society ...
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13 Feb 2014
A new tracking device is currently in development, which not only keeps a record of your sleeping patterns, steps taken ...
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11 Feb 2014
David Lloyd Leisure (DLL) has created a new online health and fitness resource offering expert advice and demonstration videos to ...
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06 Feb 2014
Lanhydrock Hotel and Golf Club in Cornwall has added a new fitness facility. The facility offers 15 stations of Life ...
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24 Jan 2014
Natural product manufacturer Body Bliss has introduced a new aromatherapy app which has been designed to integrate custom aromatherapy alchemy ...
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23 Jan 2014
Arsenal Football Club has signed a partnership deal with Chinese technology giant Huawei that will see the telecommunications specialist become ...
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17 Jan 2014
Technogym debuted the world’s first Google Glass controlled treadmill at the Consumer Electronics Show 2014 in Las Vegas last week. ...
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13 Jan 2014
A host of new and innovative wearable tech devices have been unveiled at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2014. CES ...
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07 Jan 2014
Catalan footballing giant Barcelona has announced that it has become the first sports club to gain 50 million fans on ...
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06 Jan 2014
Cloud-based software provider SpaBooker has launched a new product to help spas simplify customer loyalty and encourage repeat custom. Promote ...
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02 Jan 2014
A tracking sock has been developed to help runners correct troublesome foot positioning and limit injuries, while also coaching beneficial ...
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23 Dec 2013
The creators of the wildly popular Guitar Hero franchise – which played a pivotal role in making music games mainstream ...
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19 Dec 2013
Scientists at Microsoft Research have been exploring the possibility of developing pieces of hardware to try and explore the relationship ...
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09 Dec 2013
Microsoft has chosen fitness brand Body Training Systems to provide video workouts for Xbox Fitness on the new Xbox One, ...
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21 Nov 2013
Austrian fitness app Runtastic has launched a new feature that provides runners with stories as they work out, in an ...
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01 Nov 2013
Pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) has opened the GSK Human Performance Lab - a science facility that will look to "deepen ...
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18 Oct 2013
The Australian Sports Commission (ASC) is to invest AU$2.5m to fund 17 projects benefiting 15 sporting organisations as part of ...
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17 Oct 2013
Aerospace and technology giant BAE Systems will continue to act as UK Sport's official research and innovation partner in the ...
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02 Sep 2013
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Fit Tech people
Jamie Buck
Co-founder, Active in Time
“We created a solution called AiT Voice, which turns digital data into a spoken audio timetable that connects to phone systems”
Profile
Fahad Alhagbani: reinventing fitness
“Alexa can help you book classes, check trainers’ bios and schedules, find out opening times, and a host of other information”
Fit Tech people
Hannes Sjöblad
MD, DSruptive
“We want to give our users an implantable tool that allows them to collect their health data at any time and in any setting”
Editor's letter
Into the fitaverse
Fitness is already among the top three markets in the metaverse, with new technology and partnerships driving real growth and consumer engagement that looks likely to spill over into health clubs, gyms and studios
Innovation
Bold move
“We ended up raising US$7m in venture capital from incredible investors, including Andreessen Horowitz, Khosla Ventures, Primetime Partners, and GingerBread Capital”
Ageing
Reverse Ageing
Many apps help people track their
health, but Humanity founders
Peter Ward and Michael Geer
have put the focus on ageing,
to help users to see the direct
repercussions of their habits.
They talk to Steph Eaves
Research
Physical activity monitors boost activity levels
Researchers at the University of Copenhagen have conducted a meta analysis of all relevant research and found that the body of evidence shows an impact
Profile
New reality
Sam Cole, CEO of FitXR, talks to
Fit Tech about taking digital
workouts to the next level, with an
immersive, virtual reality fitness club
Opinion
Building on the blockchain
For small sports teams looking to compete with giants, blockchain can be a secret weapon explains Lars Rensing, CEO of Protokol
Profile
Sohail Rashid
“My vision was to create a platform that could improve the sport for lifters at all levels and attract more people, similar to how Strava, Peloton and Zwift have in other sports”
Fit Tech people
Ali Jawad
Paralympic powerlifter and founder, Accessercise
“Users can easily identify which facilities in the UK are accessible to the disabled community”
App analysis
Check your form
Sency’s motion analysis technology is
allowing users to check their technique
as they exercise. Co-founder and
CEO Gal Rotman explains how