New Hydration Technology to Be Worn by Boston Marathon Participants for the First Time
One of the more intriguing products came from Nix, which is making a disposable hydration tracker for athletes.
Reebok believes that its own resources (including global distribution platforms), beyond the money it will provide...will add alot of value to Nix.
San Francisco-based Scrum Ventures and Japan’s advertising giant Dentsu have partnered to form Sports Tech Tokyo.
Nix wins SXSW Sports & Performance Data Pitch Event
Being thirsty is no longer enough. All these runners pass the peak of hydration at points, and they don't know it.
With an initial market of endurance runners, authenticity is critically important to our brand. We make sure to recruit employees who are (amateur) athletes, and encourage non-runner employees to pick up the sport.
Two Boston finalists named for 2018 SXSW Accelerator Pitch Event
…the Nix biometric hydration sensor enables athletes over time to better understand their bodies and optimize their personalized hydration strategy.
Nix is developing a proprietary electrochemical sensing platform that puts consumers’ personalized biomarker data in their own hands — simply and affordably.
Unger was the first entrepreneur to pitch the OneTeam Collective, a new effort launched in December by the NFL Players Association and various venture capital firms.
Meet the 150 Finalists for 2017’s 50 on Fire
Wearables win big at Global Sports Innovation Finals
We picked these companies out of applicants from around the world primarily for having the most passionate, talented, and driven founding teams.
The Deans’ Innovation in Sports Challenge, another first-time contest, named Nix, a real-time, in-field, dehydration biosensor sweat patch as the winner...
Nix is a startup taking the guesswork out of hydration.
Nix is developing a wearable hydration sensor that helps athletes know when, what, and how much to drink.
Nix on Facebook
A Dog Named Cactus Bandited One of the Toughest Ultras in the World
runnersworld.com
“He was very well taken care of. Us runners, we are not as good as the dog.”
Parkinson’s update - hydration, awareness and detection
news-medical.net
Researchers have found that drinking adequate amount of water daily can lower the risk of symptoms of a progressive neurodegenerative disease like Parkinson’s.
Hydration, hydration, hydration: The key to optimal running performance
neweurope.eu
What comes to mind when we first think of running are the words: distance, pace, and strength. These three are usually the factors we focus on when we seek to improve our runn...
Sensors in the gut help the brain determine if we are hydrated • Earth.com
earth.com
Researchers at UC San Francisco set out to investigate how your brain knows when you have had enough water and allows you to stop feeling thirsty.
Mumbai Marathon: 14 runners hospitalised; over 3,200 needed medical attention - Times of India
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MUMBAI: Over 3,200 runners in the Sunday’s Tata Mumbai Marathon needed medical attention of which 14 required hospitalisations.https://bostonmagazine.com/health/2019/…
Five Fitness Wearables Created in Boston
bostonmagazine.com
Better, faster, stronger—plug into a healthier you with these locally grown wearables.
Too much water can be deadly for young athletes
cnn.com
It's hot out, and football practice is starting for thousands of kids. But coaches and parents should be careful about telling kids to drink more water. That has been deadly&p...
Why We All Need to Drink More During Hot Weather Exercise
nytimes.com
Some athletes have begun to eschew fluids during hot weather workouts, in hopes that the privation might somehow make them stronger. A new study suggests it doesn’t.
Off Your Mental Game? You Could Be Mildly Dehydrated
npr.org
Dehydration has long been known to slow physical performance. Now there's evidence that too little water can hurt cognitive performance, too, making complex thinking tasks hard...