Table 1 Examples of wearable technology companies with products applicable towards assessing the position and motion of the athlete
From: Wearable sensors for monitoring the internal and external workload of the athlete
Company | Sampling of products | Product type | Product functionality | Headquarters |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Adidas | miCoach Fit Smart, miCoach Smart Run | Watch | Heart rate, GPS, distance | Herzogenaurach, Germany |
Apple | Apple Watch | Watch | Heart rate, distance, email, ECG, text messages, phone | Cupertino, CA |
BioSensive Technologies Inc. | Joule | Earrings | Heart rate, calories burned, steps taken, overall activity level | Ontario, Canada |
Catapult | OptimEye S5, Vector | Device unit | Movement, Turn rates, orientation, heart rate. Device placed below the neck (tucked in shoulder pads) | Melbourne, Australia |
Fitbit | Flex, One, Alta | Watch | Steps walked, distance, heart rate, sleep quality, pedometer, calories burned | San Francisco, CA |
Garmin | Vivoactive, Vivosmart, Vivofit | Watch | Pedometer, sleep quality, heart rate, distance | Schaffhausen, Switzerland |
Jabra | Sports Pulse Wireless Headphone | Headphone | Accelerometer and heart rate monitoring | Ballerup, Denmark |
Jawbone | Up | Band | Pedometer, distance, heart rate, sleep quality, calories | San Francisco, CA |
Karacus | Polaris, Zeta, Proxima | Watch | Movement, phone, email | Chapel Hill, NC |
Kitman Labs | Capture | Sensor mounted on computer | Biometric data via machine learning, GPS, and player tracking | Dublin, Ireland |
Microsoft | Microsoft Band | Band | Heart rate, calories burned, sleep quality, email, text | Redmond, WA |
Nike | Fuelband | Band | Pedometer, GPS | Washington County, Oregon |
Polar | A360, Loop Crystal, Loop 2 | Band | Heart rate, performance tracker | Kempele, Finland |
Samsung | GearFit 2 | Watch | GPS, sleep, heart rate, calories, pedometer | Seoul, South Korea |
Sansible Technologies | LiveSkin | Textile electronics | Speed, impact, position | Edinburgh, United Kingdom |
Starkey Hearing Technologies | Livio AI Hearing Aid | Hearing aid | Translates foreign languages, contains a pedometer, tracks physical activity (wellness score) | Eden Prairie, MN |
Stifit | Stifit band | Band | Blood oxygen, body mass index, calories burned, distance, fatigue, heart rate, sleep | San Francisco, CA |
TruSox | TruSox | Socks | Non-slip socks to generate greater speed and agility | Baltimore, MD |
Under Armor | HTC Grip | Wristband | Heart rate, calories burned, distance traveled | Baltimore, MD |
Vert | G-Vert, VERT Coach | Device unit | Measure G-force in movement, acceleration, kinetic energy, power | Fort Lauderdale, FL |
Vibrado Technologies | Vibrado Technologies | Textile electronics | Accelerometer to measure shot angle, arm height, release point. Sleeve to be worn over forearm | Sunnyvale, CA |
Zebra Technologies | Zebra Tracking Device | Device unit | RFID used to quantify movement and distance profiles. Device placed below the neck in shoulder pads or sewn into jersey | Lincolnshire, IL |
Zephyr | BioHarness 3, HxM™ Smart, HxM™ BT | Textile Electronics | Heart rate, respiration, tri-axial accelerometer, heart rate, activity, posture, oxygen saturation levels | Annapolis, Maryland (Founded in New Zealand) |
