Balls

​In a typical tennis practise session, a LOT of balls end up strewn about the court. Bending over and picking them all up is just part of the deal – but perhaps it doesn't have to be, if the ball-collecting Tennibot reaches production.

​We've already seen "smart" soccer balls with integrated sensors that track parameters such as the ball's spin and trajectory. Well, the DribbleUp takes a different approach to smart training. It has markings that allow it to be tracked by a free iOS/Android app.

​When baseball pitchers are practising, three of the main things that they try to improve are the ball's speed, trajectory and spin rate. A group of Taiwan-based entrepreneurs is now offering a new way of measuring these, in the form of the Strike "smart" baseball.​

​It’s estimated that some 230,000 tennis balls get tossed each year after the four Grand Slam tournaments. Now London-based design company Rogue Projects hopes to turn those used balls into functioning and highly portable wireless speakers.

Most dogs enjoy running to get a ball and bringing it back to their owner. It's good exercise, and fun, but it's not a perfect experience for the dog or the dog's owner. The team at Paww is aiming to improve the way we play fetch with our pups with its new smart fetch toys.

Balls made for organized sports are designed to be used at a specific hardness, which is why the TorrX was invented. It's a portable electric pump, that automatically inflates or deflates a ball in order to reach a given pressure.

Bounce Imaging is developing a throwable high-tech rubber ball, that will transmit images from hazardous environments to waiting first responders.

The CyberFire Football Set incorporates a reflective foam ball and LED-equipped "glasses," which cause the ball to appear to glow red or green.

The Golf Ball Wrangler is a device that lets entrepreneurs harvest golf balls from the bottom of water traps.

Corpus soccer training balls might look weird but kicking them feels even stranger.

In the game of cricket, the express bowler holds a special place. The fastest of the fast bowlers deliver the ball at around 100mph and since the first radar guns were used to measure ball speed, the public has been fascinated with the ongoing quest to be the “fastest bowler in the world." Now you

Slight changes to one of man’s oldest playthings have created a ball that bounces on water, offering an entirely new set of ways to have fun. It's part physical education apparatus, part training aid and part toy - a sub US$10 category buster ideal for children 10+ to develop hand-eye coordination,