Smart basketball and app analyze performance and challenge players
The Audi e-Bike Wöthersee has already proved that bikes can be reconfigured to include smart technology that analyzes rider performance, but bringing this gamified approach to simpler sports may well be more difficult. Undeterred, one company has created the 94Fifty, a smart basketball with built-in sensors that monitor player performance as well as challenge users to complete tasks. READ MORE…
By playing games, site’s users raise money for charity
Taking time out to donate to charity isn’t often very high on people’s list of daily online activities. Initiatives such as CentUp have tried to make it easier by integrating giving into social sharing, and now GoodGames hopes to encourage online gamers to raise money for charity while they play. READ MORE…
App uses competition to get people out of bed
We’ve seen quite a few mutations on the alarm clock app, the most recent being Uniqlo Wake Up, which chooses music tailored to the weather each day. Aiming to get people out of bed energetically, the Wake N Shake app forces users to shake their phone and encourages them to compete with friends. READ MORE…
A gamified approach to finding real-world applications for scientific innovations
Back in 2010 we featured Swedish Mobile Heights Business Center, an initiative that gives entrepreneurs access to untapped patents for potential development into business ideas. Now taking a crowdsourced, gaming-based approach to much the same need, UK-based Marblar aims to connect scientists and the entrepreneurial crowds to help brainstorm real-world applications for promising scientific research. READ MORE…
Tennis racquet features sensors to analyze player performance
Regular readers of Springwise may remember the miCoach performance-tracking system, which places trackers inside athlete’s apparel to provide live in-game data for coaches. Now tennis players have a similar system of their own in the form of Play & Connect from French brand Babolat, which features integrated sensors to provide real-time information on gameplay. READ MORE…
Open source app brings a splash of fun to CRM
There appears to be no end in sight to the gamification trend, and we’ve already seen examples of the concept applied to everything from fitness to home energy metering to the treatment of depression. The latest spotting? Zurmo, an open source application that brings a splash of fun to the task of CRM. READ MORE…
Sports bike gamifies cycling and teaches rider how to improve performance
Californian lemon tree growing now gamified
We’ve already seen public transport and library indexing both gamified, so it is perhaps no surprise to now see that same thinking applied to lemon trees. Aiming to encourage existing food growing in urban areas, Lemonopoly is an online game that also serves to locate, preserve and distribute the wealth of citrus fruit naturally found in California. READ MORE…
App and social network tracks and rewards users’ good deeds
French CitéGreen has already implemented a platform rewarding citizens for green behaviour, and now US-based Youtopia is extending the gamification model to encourage good deeds, academic achievements and community service. READ MORE…
Smart inhaler teaches users how to improve their technique
Miniature sensors have already been used in inhalers to inform physicians of usage patterns in theSpiroscout by Asthmapolis. Now Cambridge Consultants has developed the T-Haler, which uses wireless technology to gamify the procedure and help those with asthma get the optimum dose of the drug. READ MORE…
