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Pitchers are wearing these hidden carbon fiber guards to prevent concussions

Safer Sports Technologies (SST) aims to save pitchers some head injuries while preserving their looks by lining pitcher's baseball caps with carbon.
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New bike company makes effortless, beautiful bikes easy on the pockets

Brilliant Bicycle Company launched a website with unique support to sell bikes directly to the public. Get a quality bike with no bike shop intimidation.
Blu Wearable Smart Phone

The smartphone you can wear like a bracelet

Blu, the smartphone that wraps around your wrist is great for workouts. Ditch the neoprene arm strap phone holder, you don't need it for exercise anymore.
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The Pulse Play smart wristband stops tennis cheaters, uploads your score to the cloud

Brought to us by sFBI and Andy Ram, the Pulse Play wristband puts and end to debates over score for tennis and other racket sports players.
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Fantasy football finally has its own Comic Con

The first ever National Fantasy Football Convention will be held later this year. Meet the players, improve your game, and run around Vegas.
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Don’t skip leg day! Runtastic just added Leg Trainer to its body of fitness apps

If you want to focus on a particular body part, Runtastic has apps for your gut and your butt. New to the fitness family is the Leg Trainer.
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There’s a bike home from work party happening in Brooklyn tonight

It's going down, Down Under the Manhattan Bridge Overpass May 28. Transportation Alternatives is hosting a free party celebrating the end of the Bike to Work Month Challenge.
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Handpick helps you pick recipes from Instagram and match them to your ingredients

Handpick has added new functions to their Android and iPhone apps that dig up the recipes missing from those drool-worthy Instagram food photos.
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These nanosuction pads will stick your phone to just about anything, so you don’t need a selfie stick

Selfie-sticks are banned in a long list of public attractions. Not that you ever really want to use one anyway. Try StuckOnz, the new nanosuction pad.
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Vi-Band hands-free head massager means no need for a girlfriend

Now there's a hands-free head massager that doesn't look like we're trying to turn back into the original Quaid.
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How’s your swing? New multi-sport motion sensors focus on performance, not biometric data

PIQ could be the new name for sports sensors. They've received their Series-A funding and have plans to release them to the public later this year.
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Warning: Epic bike stunts; do not try at home

These are bike stunts that will make you ooh and ahh while feelings of envy and awe make your feet itch for the pedals.
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WellBe bracelet aims to maintain your well-being, obviously

Crystals have been the calmness-wearable of choice by providing passive stress reduction, but people are into tech-filled wrist-wear these days. WellBe aims to please.
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Vector mouthguard not just for pros anymore

Football players should thank Jesse Harper, CEO of i1 Biometrics for making the Impact Intelligence System available to the public earlier this year.
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Inflate your balls and your bike tires with this refillable canister

You should work up a sweat while biking, not while pumping up a flat. Carry several canisters worth in RideAir, a refillable tank that fits in your bottle cage.
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Most of us think ‘smart’ stuff is stupid — can this gizmo help?

Is it time for a smart scale? Or something better like the Skulpt Aim? Regular scales can't measure BMI and calipers are an outdated way to figure your fitness. This is truly smart tech.
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Dress smart: An entire connected outfit, from smart shoes to a breath-tracking top

Smartwear has evolved. Smartglasses and watches are just the beginning. Now you can clothe yourself head to toe in textiles with built-in sensors that measure all your biometrics, and can even guide you home with your eyes closed.
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EbikeMotion introduces a remote for your bike

Ebikemotion introduces a bike bar mounted controller for your phone and a killer app at the heart of a suite of accessories. Keep your hands on the bars.

Beautiful bespoke bikes from across the pond

The Bespoked Handmade Bicycle Show was held in Britain last month, presenting artisan bikes from all over Britain. Definitely drool-worthy.
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Fishing is more like hunting with FishHunter

FishHunter is a wireless portable fish finder that measures depth, surface water temperature, and detects fish, helping you figure out where to cast your line. Bring it along when you go fishing and check the app to see other's catches and the best fishing spots.
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The Heddoko 3D smartwear app will help you nail that tough yoga pose

So what if you don't have a coach to make sure your yoga pose is right? The Heddoko smartwear app provides immediate visual feedback in 3D.
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mThrow smart sleeve helps prevent arm injuries before they happen

mThrow works with the Motus smart sleeve sensor, using a 3D database to figure out if athletes are overdoing it.
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SoloShot2 tripod can be your robot film crew

It's a robot, and unless you hang out with professional cameramen, the SoloShot2 is a way better cameraman than any of your friends. It can track and pan without you available to operate it, and there's even a remote so you can be your own cameraman from a distance.
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The Daqri smart helmet turns a workforce into Robocops

Intended for work sites, the Daqri smart helmet replaces the traditional hard hat and looks like a Tron motorcyclist's costume -- which is pretty darn cool.
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Recon Jet Smartglasses make you feel like Robocop

Recon's Jet, the company's newest smart glass offering, combines metrics with cool looks in a smart wearable good for sports in any weather.
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Here’s a 100 percent waterproof smartwatch for swimmers

No Wild Water Kingdom for you, iWatch. Not so for Swimmo, the smartwatch designed just for swimmers.
Kickstand Bike Pump: all you need to change a tire and not get hit by a car

Weight weenies, tool alert: Kickstand, pump, tire lever, and taillight in one

Kickstand pump is the kickstand for bike riders who hate kickstands. It is actually a bike pump capable of 120 psi, a tire lever, and a tail light.
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Skully’s AR-1 puts a HUD, music, rear-view cam inside one smart helmet

Featuring turn by turn directions and live rear view feed on a transparent HUD projected in the visor, the Skully AR-1 smart helmet brings the features jet-pilots are used to down to the pavement for bikers.
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This Oculus Rift VR bike trainer lets you ride the Great Wall of China (or Toon City)

Gone are the days of giant stationary bikes hogging valuable living room real estate. Widerun, the first VR bike trainer, works with almost any bike and a few VR headsets in addition to other smart screens.
Seniors' smart watch: They may fall but they will get up

This smartwatch for seniors is a wearable life tracker

This smart watch for seniors establishes patterns for daily behavior, letting caregivers notice if their loved ones have lost some pep from their step. The Tempo provides preventative instead of reactive care.