Brian Kamenetzky

Soccer is about to lose some of its time-honored ref heckling. For the first time ever, FIFA is employing advanced camera technology to detect goals within tiny fractions of an inch, taking the ambiguity out of the most important games in the world.

When Paralympian Alana Nichols competes in Sochi next week, she won’t be wearing boots or bindings – just a bucket. And the extensive custom design that went into her rig, built from carbon fiber, Kevlar, and a few secret ingredients, could make all the difference.

On the surface, curling is just pushing a rock down some ice. But elevate it to the Olympic level, and the once-simple sport benefits from some interesting gadgetry and the dark, geeky art of data analytics.

After more than 75 years without a gold medal, the American two-man bobsled team walks into Sochi with its best chances in years, thanks to a BMW-designed sled that probably puts the aerodynamics of your sports car to shame.

GoPro cameras have gone from a staple of amateur YouTube stars to a real tool for elite athletes, who are using them to refine their techniques at the Olympic level.

A four-time X Games champion in the Dirt and Park disciplines, Ryan Nyquist is a BMX legend known for both trick innovation and old school guts. These days, though, his biggest trick is distracting his kids with a well-curated folder of apps.

Researchers at MIT's mechanical engineering school have developed a robot that sheds light on one of the body's most complicated joints: the ankle.

The life of a backup goalie in the NHL demands even more downtime than normal. Even after all the travel and hotels you wind up spending most of your time waiting for the starter – in Scrivens’ case, Jonathan Quick – to need a day off. Needless to say, Scrivens knows his way around some apps.

The folks at Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits IIS in Erlangen, Germany have made a shirt from conductive textile electrodes that can measure cardio activity and physiological signals.

It's a baseball truism that good pitching always wins, but good pitching happens to be awfully tough on the body. A new system aims to limit injuries through 3D motion sensors.

Dynavision, the flashy, blinky light board thing you may have seen in Gatorade commercials, is being credited with helping the Bearcats achieve a concussion-free football camp

SportVU, the camera system that captures gazillions of player movements per game and translates them into actionable analytics, will soon roll out league-wide.

Technology that can help with assessment and even diagnosis of concussions suffered by athletes is coming online, but the politics of implementation at the highest level remain challenging.

Evo One and Hoop Tracker are just the latest device and software products designed to improve your shot and provide analytics on your offensive game.

Here's something Dallas Cowboys fans and fans of 'The Matrix' can all get excited about: NBC Sports' new camera system at AT&T stadium.

With all do respect to concussions, there's another medical crisis that's been facing sports for generations: They absolutely reek. But the solution has been hiding in the elemental table all along.

When Rams QB Sam Bradford donned Google Glass and tossed a few balls toward Tavon Austin, both were more non-plussed than impressed. But GM Les Snead got it immediately.

When coach says your jump shot looks "flat," do you know what he means? Does he? With these new sensor-enabled basketballs, you'll both know exactly, and exactly how to fix it.

Originally developed to give parents and lifeguards an added layer of safety around the neighborhood pool, a new monitoring device has promising applications for endurance sport athletes as well.

CT Scans have been instrumental in helping scientists diagnose traumatic brain injury, but they've always been massive, unwieldy, and difficult to operate. Volumetric Electromagnetic Phase Shift could change all that.

Half the teams in the NBA employ a system built around Israeli military missile tracking technology to better understand their players and opponents. The other half employ varying levels of data analysis. Both halves are represented in the 2013 NBA Finals, so who has the edge?

There's been a lot of talk recently about how watching NFL games is better from the comfort of a good home theater setup. That might end if your stadium seat came with 4K video on demand and exclusive in-game coverage.