Athlete

US company Motus Global has announced an iron-on set of sensors designed to bring its biomechanics technology out of the lab and onto the baseball field for comprehensive in-match analysis. ​

While it's important for all of us to stay hydrated, it's particularly important for athletes. That's why a Virginia-based startup has created SMRT Mouth. It's a mouthguard that measures the wearer's hydration levels, and alerts coaches if they're getting too low.

While many athletes resort to pouring a bottle of cold water over their heads to cool down after an event, Nike has something a little higher-tech in mind. The company's new hood prototype is designed to tackle the issue head-on, using liquid cooling to lower temperatures.

If you follow sports at all, then you've probably heard about athletes rupturing their ACL, or anterior cruciate ligament. Now, scientists at Northwestern University in Illinois are creating a man-made replacement ACL, which could make treatment much more effective.

While there are many fitness trackers designed to log metrics like heart rate and steps, the Vert Jump Rate Monitor sets itself apart by specifically targeting sports and workouts that require the athlete to jump.

You've probably heard about baseball pitchers "throwing their arm out." In order to help avoid such injuries, and to assist pitchers in assessing their performance, biomechanics tech company Motus Global is introducing its Motus Sleeve.

Billed as being the world's first wearable lactate threshold sensor, the BSXinsight is made to let athletes know how close they're getting to the edge, so they can approach it but not go over.

Along with the obvious mobility issues faced by athletes who are unable to walk, they're also unable to feel their legs, which means they can't always tell when they've been hurt. That's why a group of students have invented a set of "bruise trousers."

In order to study hand/eye coordination, scientists need to keep track of what a test subject is looking at, along with what their body is doing – and a new system is designed to help them do so. It combines one company's eye-tracking glasses with another's motion capture system.

How does Usain Bolt consistently beat out his competitors? A team of physicists from the Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico have analyzed his current world record 100-meter run ... and the results are rather amazing.

No athlete likes hitting “the wall.” You know, that point at which their energy level suddenly plummets, and they just can’t go on. Using something that looks like a temporary tattoo, however, they may soon be able to receive a warning when they’re approaching that threshold.

Adidas recently revealed its new Springblade running shoes, which uses angled elastic blades on the soles to propel the wearer forward as if they had springs on their feet.