Springwise: The racquet can detect service speed, the power of each hit and ball spin to give players feedback on their performance. Sensors located in the handle also monitor the type of stroke — forehand, backhand, serve — and the position of the ball on the racquet, enabling analysis of both technique and game statistics. […]
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It’s clear that baseball isn’t just fun-and-games — it’s billion-dollar industry, after all — but the line gets mustardy when the job at hand is producing 10-foot tall foam hot dog costumes. At Olympus Flag & Banner, there is no shame in knowing how the sausage gets made, reports AOL Small Business. The Milwaukee-based company
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This story came out of the University of Maine: Golfers on the high seas can breathe a little easier — and so can the marine life around them — thanks to researchers at the University of Maine. In conjunction with The Lobster Institute, UMaine Biological and Chemical Engineering Professor David Neivandt and undergraduate student Alex
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Not everything comes off a production line today. Chris Bagley has discovered his niche by handmaking skis from his workshop in Maine. Making these first pairs wasn’t easy. Bagley endured making skis in a barn with a kerosene heater, which he estimates warmed the room to about 40 degrees in the winter. It took days
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Sitting in a duck blind gives hunters a lot of time to be inventive, especially if the birds are landing somewhere else writes The Omaha World Herald. Camouflage-clad Mark Andersen was hunting ducks and Canada geese near Pierre, S.D. He was freezing. Shooting was slow. He stood to peer out of the blind. “I looked
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Adam and Ryan Goldston invented a pair of basketball shoes that promised to increase a player’s vertical leap by up to 3.5 inches. The promise was true. Too true, in fact, for the NBA which promptly banned them and crushed any hope of a big payoff for the brothers. Until their “bad press” story went
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Creating a Business in a Stadium Parking Lot Jason Wotman admits the whole idea was born out of laziness. Tailgate parties are fun, but the transportation, set-up and clean-up are certainly no picnic. After one particular New York Jets game when Wotman and his friends’ grill was stolen and they were tired of bringing “back
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The BallStars heat transfer system offer entrepreneurs a full-color heat transfer process that can cost-effectively produce photo sports balls. Their business opportunity comes complete with everything you need to start selling sports balls. You will be able to print photos, graphics, text, logos, and anything you can imagine right onto authentic signature-style sports balls. With
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Mario Caya, who designed a new style of plastic tee, called ‘BIRTEE’, to help make it easier to place the ball at the correct height each time someone lines up their shot, says there have been some encouraging developments the past couple of months, reports Smith Falls EMC. He says he has received corporate approval
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Forget fantasy football, there is a new Wall Street way to make money off professional athletes. San Francisco based Fantex has launched an all-new marketplace that enables investors to buy and sell stock based on the value and performance of a professional athlete’s brand. The first tracking stock will be linked to Houston Texans running
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