According to a recent report by the Sports & Fitness Industry Association (SFIA) and the Aspen Institute, youth participation in most team sports was up slightly in 2017, but was down 4% over the past four years. A decade ago, 45% of children ages 6 to 12 played a team sport regularly, but now only […]
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Read articleWhen I examine an athlete, I need to devote ample time to effectively and safely assess many systems in the body that help the athlete perform at top physical and cognitive performance. After collecting a subjective history, including injury mechanism of injury, I do a thorough binocular vision exam.
Read article(Valid) Data. My precious… Several years ago, I was fortunate to be involved in an exciting large-scale eye tracking study. The team had spent countless hours recruiting subjects, conducting surveys, and gathering data. We had waited eagerly for several months to take a peek at the data, but the data czars had wisely cautioned us […]
Read articleHave you ever thought about how much detail and nuance you are missing each moment of the day? Of the infinite information coming in through our senses from the world around us, our brains do an amazing job of discerning what is immediately important, and what we can allow to fade into the background. If […]
Read articleOur brains have an inherent challenge. It takes time to process information and the outside world is not still, nor are we. So we are always in the past. Yet we interact in the present- catch the ball, have conversations and drive our cars. How do we do it if all we sense has already happened?
Read articleThrough the process of discovery and innovation, the evolution of clinical practice affords clinicians the opportunity to gain new skills and improve decision making as a result of new, high-fidelity patient data collected and enhanced workflow these opportunities create. Today, however, we have seen a glut of emerging technologies, diagnostics, and equipment create confusion in […]
Read articleAn FDA clearance is necessary to market a medical device in the United States. Everyone is aware that regulatory hurdles can be an expensive, intrusive process. Having one carries a lot of weight. However, few companies have been through the process and rarely discuss the challenges. But there are benefits to transparency. Users of SyncThink […]
Read articleWhen Opportunity Knocks When I was first exposed to the EYE-SYNC technology, I had already been working for five years as part of a collaborative, multidisciplinary group of researchers at Stanford to better understand the natural history of head injury. We maintained a collective curiosity about novel ways this epidemic could be better understood, […]
Read articleI have had the good fortune to enjoy over 25 years of building a range of software businesses – enterprise and consumer – big companies and startups. I loved the challenge and am proud of the positive impact of these products which have touched millions (SugarSync, Catch) and in some cases hundreds of millions (Netscape, […]
Read articleUpcoming Event:
Sports Tech Tokyo – April 8-10, 2019
Tokyo is at the center of the sports world
and we plan to bring together ideas, passion, and dreams
from the innovative hubs of Japan, San Francisco
and around the globe that are creating new technologies.
The sports stadiums, arenas, and venues
in Tokyo are the perfect places to experiment with new technology.
The opportunity this presents cannot be ignored.
SPORTS TECH TOKYO leverages this momentum.
Upcoming Event:
AMSSM – April 12-15, 2019
This seminal event has provided the theme for our meeting of “Small Steps and Giant Leaps in Sports Medicine”. This is a chance for us to acknowledge great accomplishments, evolving technology and the accumulation of new knowledge, while simultaneously addressing areas in need of development where our knowledge is only measured in small steps.
Upcoming Event:
Sports Neuropsychology Society – May 1-5, 2019
The Conference provides opportunities to expand knowledge, integrate clinical and research aspects of the field, socialize and network with colleagues, and emerge with new ideas and energy to apply in the work of sports neuropsychology.
Palo Alto, CA–March 19, 2018–SyncThink, a world leader in neurotechnology and a developer of eye-tracking technology with foundational IP in metrics and devices, announces today the addition of four top medical professionals to its clinical advisory board. As members of the clinical advisory board and current users of the EYE-SYNC technology, Dr. Jeffrey Kutcher, Dr. […]
Read articleSyncThink, a world leader in neurotechnology and brain health analytics, announces today its award-winning technology, EYE-SYNC is the recipient of Breakthrough Device Designation from the Food and Drug Administration.
Read articleTwellman hopes to make soccer safer through evangelizing novel technology.
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