basketball
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The Toyota Engineering Society has created an android that scores baskets better than professional basketball players. Named CUE, the robot reportedly uses artificial intelligence to learn to shoot better than players from Japanese B League team Alvark Tokyo.
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The NCAA March Madness Live VR app offers a virtual seat to the 2017 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship. Starting with the "Sweet 16" games in San Jose, viewers have a variety of viewing options for watching the collegiate tournament in VR.
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Few of us have access to a professional coach to help hone our basketball skills, but sports technology company Onyx Motion hopes now you can at least get a decent proxy with upcoming smartwatch app Swish. It analyzes your shots and helps you improve them with personalized tips and detailed metrics.
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Two new studies from Disney Research show the power of deep data analysis in sports. One resulted in a model that accurately predicts whether a basketball player will pass or shoot in a given situation, while the other identifies player roles in soccer from the context of each moment.
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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.
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Shot statistics and analysis can reveal a treasure trove of useful information about a basketballer's game. The ShotTracker is a system that relies on wearable technology to track your shooting success, providing insights into your strengths and the areas in need of improvement.
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LEDs are being phased into use everywhere from living rooms to offices to car headlights to street-lighting. Whilst these uses are practical, for something a little more exciting we can look to Nike. Its House of Mamba basketball court uses an LED surface for graphics, video and player-tracking.
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Tracking shooting success on the basketball court can provide some valuable insights. Looking to extend the benefits of these analytics beyond the professional arena is Wilson, who has announced its Smart Basketball designed to allow tracking of training performance.
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When you combine sports with technology, you can end up with some serious improvements to the game. The NBA and Stats LLC is rolling out the SportVU motion tracking system, which uses six cameras to collect various types of data for the purpose of statistic tracking.
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Although shooting baskets is an important part of basketball training in and of itself, it would certainly be helpful to know how many of your shots actually score – is your success rate increasing or dropping, and if so, by how much? The Hoop Tracker system is designed to let you know.
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Billionaire entrepreneur and Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban is funding a Southern Methodist University biomechanics study of flopping on the basketball court.
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94Fifty's new basketball can sense player's stats and help them improve.
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