Part 2: Jetson Industries is Solving the Connected Smart Ball Dilemma

The ups and downs for smart ball maker Jetson Industries was quite radical between the first and second times their CEO Ben Tattersfield spoke to Bullpen. In the first part, he talked about the challenge of taking an idea from conception and getting the product to market. In part two, he spoke about the pitfalls of raising
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The Total Solution With JARO Sports

When JARO Sports was first launched into the market in 2015 it functioned as an administration and management platform for sports clubs and organisations. As sporting entities sought out a more holistic view of their operations, the functionality familiar to elite club operations have filtered down to become accessible to grassroots clubs and organisations. Responding
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Part 1: Jetson Industries is Solving the Connected Smart Ball Dilemma

The story of how Jetson Industries came to be is one of much tinkering and perseverance. Ben Tattersfield, the company’s CEO had spent years testing the strength and viability of putting electronics within balls to be able to locate them and have its data delivered to users. He tested such an idea inside golf balls
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Sportido’s Mission to Socialise Sport

The problem that Indian start-up Sportido identified is simple, develop a way to help likeminded people find each other to play more sport and participate in sports that they enjoy. Sportido is a social app that finds a person’s location and connects them with people nearby to play hundreds of sports. After people have found each other nearby, they can book courts, parks
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Talking Global With BioConnected’s Dr Sven Rees

Hitting the market in October 2017, Australian company BioConnected targets runners with their wireless headphones called HR+ which has a built in heart rate monitor and in-ear training coach. The company has set out the aim of boosting a person’s health and wellness with their biosensing headphones which measures heart rate by blood flow analysis
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Prohab is Using Smart Tech to Break New Ground for Rehabilitation

Medical rehabilitation company Prohab has developed cutting edge hardware that helps athletes and patients recover from injury. The Adelaide based company built a hardware device with sensors that clips into exercise resistance bands or testing equipment which then connects to your smartphone via Bluetooth. As soon as a person uses the band, data is captured
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