Sports Technology Awards: Most Promising Concept finalists

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Player LENS
This app benefits professional football clubs by centralising the loan system and creating one electronic exchange platform, detailing all available players. It can be used on smartphones and tablets, iOS and Android, allowing club officials to operate within the loan market from anywhere – while standing on the training pitch, sitting in the stands or travelling on the road.
Historically, an ad hoc system meant that clubs and officials had to field unsolicited enquiries about any of their players but Player LENS offers increased efficiency and effectiveness to users and greater harmony and transparency to the loan market as a whole.


High Octane Ride


This innovative exercise bike is designed for use in an office rather than a gym.
Three 10-minute sessions a week on the bike are said to lead to a 15 per cent cardiovascular fitness improvement and a 28 per cent increase in sensitivity to insulin in as little as six to eight weeks.


WallJAM


This is an interactive rebound training wall that uses smart technology to improve performance, fitness and ball-game technique. Users record and share scores based on power and accuracy of ball strike and can play, compete and connect via the WallJAM app, ensuring peer-to-peer competition through social media channels.

The wall has curved and angled surfaces, so that balls rebound in different directions to fully test users’ ability. Graphics, LED sensors, performance data and zone/court markings ensure a rich experience for serious and social users. Embedded digital media platforms offer sponsorship and advertising positions so WallJAM can provide community facilities with additional revenue streams.


MuJo Multiple Joint Fitness System


Mechanical engineer Douglas Higgins invented this concept while researching spinal injuries during his masters degree at Imperial College London. MuJo is a range of exercise stations based on moving axis technology that allows complex joints such as the shoulder, hip and spine to be trained over their full range of motion in a safe, measurable environment.
Sensors on the equipment provide real-time graphical guidance to compare actual versus prescribed exercise movement. MuJo’s equipment is currently being trialled by several Barclays Premier League clubs, but the leisure and well-being sector can also benefit from the space-saving and forward-thinking equipment.


StadiArena


Imagine being able to convert an outdoor stadium into an indoor arena within minutes. That is the idea behind StadiArena, founded by former footballer Paul Fletcher. He was chief executive of Huddersfield Town when they had the award-winning Alfred McAlpine Stadium built, and was CEO of Bolton Wanderers’ Reebok Stadium.
StadiArena’s fully covered venues can accommodate up to 20,000 spectators and host music concerts, exhibitions, conferences, functions, product launches, weddings and sporting events, thus increasing an outdoor stadium’s potential profitability. The first StadiArena is being constructed in Ahmadabad, India, and is due to be completed in early 2016.


SmartLife


Wearable technology is a growth area and SmartLife is leading the way. The Manchester-based company makes textile “softsensors” that can be integrated into clothing and capture, with lab accuracy, electrical signals from the body. Data is transmitted wirelessly to a user-friendly app for analysis in real time or post-event. Users receive feedback on their activity – heart rate, respiratory rate and calories burned.
The technology can be used by wellbeing advocates, who want to make informed healthy lifestyle choices, and sports professionals, who rely on data and insight to enhance performance and gain a competitive edge.

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