The Tech in Sports crew explores all the latest sports tech news from the last week, including a cryptocurrency-sponsored Canadian Olympic speedskater, a tech summit at the NBA All-Star game, Tom Brady’s new media startup, and more! Plus, we continue with our new apps/wearables and concussion prevention technology updates and also dive into the most impactful tech stories from the 2018 Winter Olympics.
Stories of the week:
- Cryptocurrency-sponsored Canadian Olympic speedskater Ted-Jan Bloemen is a gold medalist
- USA’s Olympic luge team is 3D printing molds and parts for their sleds
- The annual Tech Summit at the 2018 NBA All-Star weekend
- Sacramento Kings invest in a health kiosk known as “the iPhone of healthcare”
- Germany’s international team is training with virtual and augmented reality for the upcoming 2018 World Cup
- New England Patriots Tom Brady, former NFLer Michael Strahan, and former journalist Gotham Chopra to launch a new multiplatform sports media startup
- St. Louis Blues to use artificial intelligence for game highlight videos
- YouTube TV signs a new partnership to stream more live sports, including NBA and MLB games\
- Nokia gives up on wearables
- new 3D VR/AR glasses for sports
- FDA approves first blood test for concussions
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