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Here are the top 15 interesting sports technology links today including:

Soft compostable shoes / sandals / slides

BioCir™ material by Balena, the first flexible and fully compostable thermoplastic material in the world, reducing toxic, fossil fuel-based materials used in the sports industry.

BioCir™ is an injectable, soft, and durable material that allows for products to reach their end of life responsibly in a biological recycling mechanism.

Balena first working product is the slide. Not bad design for science-buffs

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Fully recyclable 3D-printed shoes for your feet

Now this is a brand we love.

3D Printed shoes have been around for a while, but Zellerfield just seem to be doing everything right. Design, manufacture, branding and marketing.

Their shoes are:

• Adjustable fit and feel for your unique feet.

• Fused 3D lattice with no stitching, glue, or weak points.

• Machine washable, quick-drying and odour resistant.

• Automated printing replaces overseas factory and labour.

• All footwear is printed to order so there’s no excess or waste.

• Old pairs can be returned and fully recycled into new ones.

It's great that they have solved so many latent issues with footwear.

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Orba, the world’s first biodegradable eco sneakers

New Zealand eco-footwear startup Orba says it has created the world’s first biodegradable eco sneakers. The shoes are designed to fully fall apart and decompose at the end of their life, leeching no toxins into the soil. They have been created to address an alarming issue, that of billions of shoes ending up in landfill each year.

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Rollr | The 100% Natural & Sustainable Refillable Roll-On

Rollr is a natural roll-on that allows you to make the sustainable, compromise-free upgrade with a light formula that keeps you fresh all day.

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The Cube | A ergonomic herb grinder

The Cube is a herb grinder with quality in mind, it can grind all sorts of herbs and spice’s.

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WOOL SOOM | Soft and warm socks

WOOL SOOM was developed for people who walk and exercise. We tried ordinary cashmere but it didn't work well and after many failures, we found the right direction.

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The first medical grade health wearable for women

The launch of Evie Ring from Movano Health.

• Detailed measures of your heart rate, heart rate variability, and SpO₂ during activity and at rest, provide a baseline understanding of your health and help identify patterns.

• Menstrual symptom tracking helps you better understand the timing and nature of your individual cycle, including period onset and ovulation windows.

• Paired with pattern identification around your sleep behavior, Evie helps identify how to get more restful sleep.

• Evie measures both metabolic and active calories burned to give you a detailed picture of your activity output.

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Scan your heart with this wearable ultrasound device

Ultrasound can provide detailed images of your heart, but devices have been impractical for outdoor use.

Step-in researchers from Department of Nanoengineering, University of California San Diego.

They have developed a wearable ultrasound patch that provides real-time heart imagery, even while you're in motion. It also uses deep learning to automatically calculate ventricle volume and generate performance stats. You'd know your cardiac output at any given moment.

This could be great for quick response cardiac issues on the field of play - #prayfordamarhamlin

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eSports specific nutrition & supplements for gamers

It turns out that eSports gamers are moving towards (proper?!) nutrition, rather than energy drinks and supplements are gaining traction in the community.

it would be pretty easy to see the rise in VR gaming coinciding with a lot of nutrition brands marketing to gamers.

RDCL Superfoods, seems to be the talk of the town down at our local arena

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Sports Science Quote of the Day

Glucose monitoring patches deliver medical grade insights

We have been investigating glucose monitoring, and there was a time when we all believed that glucose monitoring could be part of a smart watch. Well, it appears that today's patches supersede any previous technology in terms of functionality and accuracy versus portability.

Dexcomm, Abbott & Nutrisense are certainly leading the pack and it will be interesting to see how smart watch suppliers integrate with medical device companies like these as we move towards monitored preventive health.

Link to Dexcomm & Abbott & Nutrisense

Huawei unveils interchangeable smartwatch for fashionable fitness tracking

The Huawei GT Cyber smartwatch is designed for fitness enthusiasts with a passion for fashion. It features detachable dials in 42mm and 46mm sizes, that give an elegant glow on the 3D curved glass surface. The dials come with a ‘rotating crown’ for zooming in and out and can be easily swapped into different high-gloss bodies. The GT Cyber is further customized by choosing from a rich range of straps, matching any outfit for every occasion

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Want to know everything about Fitbit badges?

Wareable have created a great guide to Fitbit badges that is worth reading if you are developing a fitness app, or game.

Learn from the best how they inspire and reward exercisers.

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