Category: Sport
Forget Air Racing – say hello to Rocket Racing
The Rocket Racing League launched its first ever rocket-powered racing plane this week in what it hopes will be the first of many high speed, highly combustible, aerobatic demonstrations.
The BBC gets in on the map mash-up scene with its guide to Beijing's Olympic venues
If you're already getting a bit excited about watching the world's finest athletes wheezing their way through the Beijing smog, our lovely BBC has the perfect internet accompaniment for you. The Interactive Map has icons representing each Olympic venue hovering…
Andy Murray's ultimately ineffective Wimbledon racquet for sale on eBay
Good old Andy Murray. He gave us a few moments of hope, before Bravely Crashing Out At Quarter Final Stage (TM) as British sporting heroes tend to do.
If you want to forever own a piece of sporting nearly-history, you can – Andy and war injury charity Help for Heroes have teamed up to flog one of his racquets on eBay…
Toshiba Sportio mobile phone tracks your exercise regime
Putting personal exercise trainers on mobile devices is nothing new, and now Toshiba has jumped into the game with the Sportio…
Nokia celebrates move to personal navigation with mass sports sponsorship
Nokia has decided to mark the continued drive to put personal navigation and mapping applications on their mobile handsets by sponsoring a rash of sporting events this year.
Apparently, this sponsorship will show just how easy it is to enhance your day-to-day journeys by using Nokia’s navigation services…
See inside Adidas' high-tech Teamgeist II football
The only way to make sure every refereeing decision is 100% correct is to replace the men in black with robots. The added benefit would be they could strike John Terry down with a laser gun whenever he oversteps the line between healthy aggression and dirty thugitude. Which is often.
BetUknow launches fantasy football betting community
A new service offers football fans the chance to win prizes for their predictions for UK Premiership, Champions League and Euro 2008 matches. They won’t be gambling real money though: the site gives each user a virtual allowance of £1,000 a week to stake on their forecasts, using odds from real-world bookmakers.
Finis Lap Track – underwater lap counting, timing and calorie counter
Swimming – very good for you and indeed your joints. And if you do it seriously, the Finis Lap Track could be a useful tool.
Strap your laptop onto a treadmill, with TheNetRunner, and order pizza whilst jogging!
Let’s all blame Nintendo. That seems fairly reasonable, they’ve really kick-started this trend for exercising-whilst-gaming/brain-training/surfing the net, even giving other companies an excuse to cash in on the puzzling exercise trend.
$6,500 is an awful lot to spend on the Walkstation workstation which we saw a few weeks back, but for just $99, you can get a…
Walkstation workstation: jog on a treadmill as you blog
Hands up – how many people would purchase this Walkstation, thinking they’d be able to fit in at least an hour’s exercise each day as they plough through their RSS feeds, but after a week, it’s start accumulating dust as the couch in front of a Hollyoaks episode is more appealing than jogging whilst surfing.
Priced at $6,500, you’d think consumers would be able to afford a personal trainer for that amount of money, but…
