• About Geek Beat
  • Advertise
  • Contact
  • Login
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • RSS
  • Twitter
  • YouTube

Geek Beat

One of the world’s most recognizable technology news brands, delivering daily tech news, tips, and reviews.

  • News
    • Apple
    • CES
    • Editor’s Choice
    • Google
    • How To’s
    • Microsoft
    • Music
    • Mobility
    • NABShow
    • Photography
  • Episodes
  • Reviews
  • Videos
  • Connect With Us
Home > Episodes > Basketball on a Giant Touch Screen!
Cali Lewis on GeekBeat Episode 892

Basketball on a Giant Touch Screen!

August 19, 2014 by giovanni

http://youtu.be/oiXiEmrlaQI

Basketball Court is a Huge LED Touch Screen

The journey starts in Shanghai with a special basketball court, created by Nike, that features the world’s first full-sized LED surface. It is used for players competing to advance to the Nike World Basketball Festival in Barcelona. The court has built-in motion sensors that track player movements, and drills designed by Kobe Bryant and LeBron James are available for players to practice their skills. The reason why is 23 popular in basketball is because it is a tribute to Michael Jordan, with many players choosing to wear it. The court showcases the moves and players can follow along without the presence of Bryant or James.

Leo Fitness Monitor Keeps You From Injury

Elsewhere on the fitness front, the Indiegogo community has fully-funded a wearable fitness monitor. It measures nine “bio-signals” to monitor the effectiveness of your workout and warn you against risk of injury if you’re doing something dangerously or in bad form. It’s called the Leo. They’re focused first on a leg band that you can use with any leg-intensive exercise, like running or biking. But you could also use it on a treadmill or stair climber… I would love to see them branch out into an arm band as well! But that may be a while. They expect to ship in May and – with a week remaining – it’s still open to backing the project.

Virtual Primping with Electronic Makeup

Okay… let’s talk makeup! Yep! I’m starting a new vlog where I’m going to teach you how to do cool make up tricks. Like… Fine… I have no clue, but Nobumichi Asai from Japan does! They first scan the model’s face, then use real time facial tracking and THEN use a projection mapping process to project the digital or electronic makeup if you will… onto her face. This isn’t a brand new concept… think 3D projection on buildings. Or cars. But this is a moving face. It’d be pretty awesome if they could do this on a MOVING car… I haven’t seen that yet.

Aloft Offers Robotic Room Service

If you’re staying in the Aloft hotel in Cupertino, you’re going to want to order room service. And when you do, don’t be surprised if what you ordered is delivered by robot. It’s a test of a Google-Venture Funded bot called the SaviOne. It’s a 3 foot tall, 4 wheeled robot with a 7 inch touch screen face and a compartment for deliveries to guest rooms. They’ve nicknamed it the “Bot-ler” and thanks to Sonar and a 3D camera it should have no trouble finding its way around the hotel. And don’t worry about tipping… Bot-ler will accept tweets of appreciation to its own hashtag instead!

Climb Aboard the Bacon-Fueled Motorcycle

And if you’re passed by a motorcycle on the highway and suddenly smell bacon… you’re not imagining things. Seems Hormel has converted 275 gallons of bacon grease into 250 gallons of bio-fuel and is pouring it into a motorcycle which is about to wrap up a road trip from Minneapolis to San Diego. In case you were wondering the “Bacon Bio Fuel” costs about $3.50 a gallon and the bike is averaging about 75 to 100 miles per gallon. It’s a publicity stunt to promote Hormel’s “Black Label” Bacon Line. But I don’t care. It’s bacon people!!

Sponsored by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

More than 10,000 people die each year from a drunk driver. 10,000 people! That’s 10,000 unnecessary deaths. No one gets in the car after an evening at a bar or at a friend’s grill party thinking I’m probably going to kill someone tonight. Nope, you just think “I’ve only had a couple, I’m fine.” Better safe than sorry! Get a designated driver or take a cab… don’t ruin your life or someone else’s. Cops are cracking down over the next couple weeks. So have fun on Labor Day, but be safe.

Filed Under: Episodes Tagged With: bacon, fitness trackers, health, indiegogo, LED, sports

About giovanni

giovanni is an ad age, emmy, telly, & webby award-winning search engine optimization and social media strategist from texas who works with brands in entertainment, fashion, food & beverage, sports, and technology.

Watch giovanni's latest videos on youtube.

Comments

  1. Buddy Loughlin says

    August 20, 2014 at 12:32 pm

    Similar to the LEO fitness gear you have http://www.liveathos.com/ which has shirts and pants that collect bio-data and drop it into your mobile device so you can see what you’re doing right/wrong etc etc.

Recent Posts

  • Best CBD Oil Brands to Buy
  • Go Mic Mobile Wireless System for Mobile Filmmakers
  • A RAY OF LIGHT
  • Keep Devices Charged Anywhere in the World with the Twist Plus World Charging Station
  • Final Leaked iPhone 7 Details Before The Big Event

Recent Comments

  • Ricardo Garza on Streambox Announces 360 Live Video Streaming to YouTube
  • Sunbya on Review: Blue Lola Headphones bring unparalleled quality
  • Jay Anderson on CES2016 – Autel Robotics X-Star Quadcopters
  • Scott Ellis on CES2016 – The Parrot DISCO – The Worlds First Fixed Wing Consumer Drone
  • Ricardo Garza on CES2016 – The Parrot DISCO – The Worlds First Fixed Wing Consumer Drone

Tags

3D Amazon Apple apps audio bluetooth business CE Line Shows 2013 CES computers fitness gadgets games gaming geek geek beat GeekBeat geek house Google health how-to ios john p. kickstarter Microsoft mobile Mobility Music nabshow new building Other photography Reviews robots Samsung social media speakers storage tech technology travel Tutorial vehicles video vlog

Copyright © 2023 · Geek Media on Genesis Framework · WordPress · Log in