From the shoes we wear on our feet to the high definition televisions in our living room, wearable devices, the sports universe is a breeding ground for technology. Writer and Photographer Rick Limpert will examine this each week on The Tech of Sports – With guests which include athletes, inventors and journalists that cover the intersection of sports and technology.
This week Rick brings us four current books that cover sports, tech and even motivation that could make great holiday gifts for yourself or others. Sports and tech books are in general, a dime a dozen. Good sports and tech books are hard to find, so Rick and Steve this week take a look at some great reads.
Norine Dworkin-McDaniel is co-creator and principle writer of Science of Parenthood, named one of parenting.com’s “blogs every parent should read”. A longtime magazine writer, Norine has written for Parents, American Baby, The Huffington Post, Family Circle, More, Fitness, Shape, Prevention, Redbook, Woman’s Day, Good Housekeeping, Health, Marie Claire, Readers Digest, Food & Wine and iVillage.
WaitTime provides stadiums and fans real-time wait times for concessions, bathrooms and merchandise stands. The company added three sports and business leaders to its board of directors, including the former president of the National Baseball Hall of Fame and an advisor to the Olympic Committee.
This week we are joined by former Oklahoma Sooner and Baltimore Ravens WR, Mark Clayton. When former first round draft pick and NFL wide receiver Mark Clayton broke his Beats headphones during a pre-game workout, he decided it was time to create something more durable that would stay in place no matter the physical activity and sound amazing. On September 1, Clayton will finally bring his LIVV Headphones (www.LIVVHeadphones.com) to market with a Kickstarter campaign.
Coach Bru is a noted public speaker, author, executive coach and an inspiration to everyone he meets. He is the author of “The Coach Approach” and “Seeds of Success”. His clients range from financial services and healthcare to manufacturing and nonprofit organizations as well as the thousands of executives, entrepreneurs, and sales teams from all over the country who attend his speeches, trainings, and workshops
This week we are joined by Gerald Mortensen of Rabble TV. Rabble TV is an app and a platform where you can broadcast your own commentary during sporting events, news broadcasts and other live events. “Morty” is a big time sports fan who enjoys soccer, college basketball and football the most. His loyalty lives with the teams that hail from Wisconsin and he worked in the advertising business for 20 years before joining Rabble TV.