Winners and finalists of the WT | Wearable Technologies Innovation World Cup are breaking records in Rio!
The biggest event in sports is running right now and countries from all over the world are looking for medals and cheering for their athletes in the Olympic Games Rio 2016. What you might not see at first sight: The real stars in the arena are the wearables supporting the athletes and pushing them to the next level.
Many products and companies were part of the WT |Wearable Technologies Innovation World Cup making now a “bella figura” in Rio:
U.S & Canadian Olympic boxing team revealed their secret weapon to Rio summer game. It is Hykso – a cutting edge, punch tracking system and WT Innovation World Cup finalist 2016. This wearable tracker allows a boxer to calculate the significant stats like pattern of punch, time between attacks and attack duration. It is to make sure that athletes are maintaining the proper level of intensity during their sparring and training sessions.
Another fascinating wearable and WT Innovation World Cup 2016 winner of the category “Smart Clothing” is Antelope. They are going to launch their product in Rio de Janeiro, Brasil on 19th of August 2016. German Olympian Moritz Fuerste hockey player is taking advantage of Antelope. The Antelope wearable sportswear is ideally suited for monitoring muscle endurance and movement efficiency. It also helps for regeneration after competitions or for rehabilitation purposes after injuries.
WT Innovation World Cup 2015 winner of the category “Safety & Security” Alpinestars is also a part of Rio Olympics. Team USA takes advantage on Alpinestars wearable, which perfectly fit for motorbike racers. It is an airbag … They are also supporting the famous racer Dani Pedrosa in the Rio Olympics.
Swimovate finalist of the Bluetooth Innovation World Cup 2009 is now supporting the swimming team of Great Britain. PoolMates are the smart watches from Swimovate that help to track the efficiency, lap count, calories, time, distance and other swimming stats.
Another Innovation World Cup Finalist in 2015, MioGlobal supports Juan Sebastián Cabal, Olympian in Double Tennis. MioFuse is the fitness and tracking band that helps to track our daily activity like sleep, workouts and heart rate.
The US Olympic athlete Greg Billington and Portuguese Olympic athlete Vanessa Fernades are taking advantage of Kinematix TUNE – an in-shoe monitoring to train for the Olympic game. TUNE allows athletes to control relevant parameters including speed, distance, altitude, time for both feet and acts as a personnel trainer. TUNE is WT Innovation World Cup finalist 2016.
Olypmia 2016 are great summer games for wearables and the Innovation World Cup Series, with its partners STMicroelectronics is ready for the next round of game changing solutions. The competitions for WT Innovation World Cup are now open for submissions and here is the link for more information https://www.innovationworldcup.com/
