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How Wearable Technology is Transforming Sport and Fitness
Wearable technology is booming in professional sports because it has demonstrated its worth by assisting professional athletes in pursuing success
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Applied Technology Review | Thursday, October 21, 2021
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Wearable technology is booming in professional sports because it has demonstrated its worth by assisting professional athletes in pursuing success.
FREMONT, CA: Wearable technology is altering people's perceptions of sport and fitness. There's a wearable device for everyone, from Fitbits to Oura Rings, Sensoria smart socks to Whoop bands. It's no wonder that wearable technology is becoming increasingly popular in professional sports, where marginal advantages are frequently the difference separating first and last place. The never-ending demand for data, most of it generated by wearable technology, has even altered the fundamentals of many sports today.
Thankfully, wearable technology benefits more than just elite athletes. They've assisted people in quantifying their own bodies and providing fresh insights about sleeping habits, recovery times, heart rates, and calorie intake. Wearable devices are now becoming an essential part of many people's daily lives, providing motivation when they need it most. Wearables have a bright and exciting future ahead of them. People may expect wearables to get smaller as Moore's law continues to do what it does finest, up to the point where the interaction between technologies and humans is nearly invisible or ingrained.
There are a number of challenges to solve, as with any technology, particularly in terms of data ownership and privacy. Who owns the information that the body generates? How is it kept? And who is in charge of keeping it safe? These are some of the questions that the business is attempting to solve.
Wearable technology in professional sport isn't a new concept. It has a long history of using various sensors and device kinds to identify marginal benefits and build world-beaters. Professional sports use a variety of sensor types, including heart rate monitors, GPS units, sleep trackers, and inertial tracker