Sports

Games

DIY Soccer Ball-Controlled Guitar Hero Game

10:20PM Rosa Golijan | Definitely one for the things-I-wish-I-were-talented-enough-to-do category. These five guys are playing a way-bigger-than-life-size game of Guitar Hero by shooting soccer balls at sensors made from torn-apart Guitar Hero controllers. Oh and they’re scoring some pretty decent accuracy too. More »
Sports

Mobia From Nautilus Is The iPod Of Treadmills

8:20AM Sean Fallon | The Mobia treadmill has a couple things going for it. Right off the bat you notice the clean and simple iPod-esque aesthetics from Frog Design. It also has an approach to fitness that could finally help get you in shape. More »
Sports

Parahawking: Like Paragliding, With Hawks

3:20AM Jesus Diaz | This image seems straight out of a surrealistic Terry Gilliam film. The guy flying with the two giant birds is Scott Mason, who uses them to detect thermal currents to fly his paraglider through the skies of Nepal. Zoom in: More »
Sports

“Performance Enhancing iPod” Gets Marathon Winner Disqualified

10:30PM Danny Allen | I can’t run without being hyped up by music, so I’m glad I’m not a marathon runner. After being declared the winner of Milwaukee’s 26.2-mile (42km) Lakefront marathon, Jennifer Goebel was stripped of the title because she…used an iPod. More »
Design

Biomega’s Boston Folding Bike Cannot Be Stolen And Ridden Away

11:51PM Joanna Stern | If Biomega’s Boston folding bike could laugh when somebody tried to steal it, it would. It has an integrated lock and if a thief cuts the wire it becomes unrideable. Even though it’s part of the frame, it is repairable. More »
Sports

Forget Training For Sports Glory… Cheat Instead

1:00PM Nick Broughall | Gadgets make us better people. Especially in sports. So this week while we’re Playing with Balls, it’s the perfect time to look back at our 10 gadgets that help you cheat at sports post. Because it doesn’t matter how you get there, so long as you win. Unless, you know, it actually is important how you get there…
QOTD

QOTD: Where Would You Stick A Sports Camera?

11:30AM Nick Broughall | One of the greatest things about sports coverage these days is the incredible camera shots they get. In cricket there’s a camera in the stumps, cycling has helmet-mounted cameras, motor sports have snappers in the bumpers. More »
Screens

Behind The Screens: When Big Isn’t Big Enough

10:00AM Elly Hart | The huge video screens at sporting venues, where slow-mo replays and video ref decisions are shown, are a big part of the spectator experience — and it’s about to get even bigger. More »
Sports

Six Of The Most Ridiculous Fitness Gadgets Ever

4:00PM Kym Weathersten | Ah, bless late night infomercials and horny inventors. Because without them, we would not have this list of craptacular fitness paraphernalia. More »