The 94Fifty® Basketball by InfoMotion Sports Recognized Again for Innovation
New York, NY (November 21, 2014) – InfoMotion Sports Technologies today announced that its 94Fifty Smart Sensor Basketball was named by Time Magazine as one of its Top 25 Best Inventions of 2014. Every year Time Magazine evaluates breakthrough inventions for the past year, and revealed it’s choices in its December 1st, The Genius Issue, featuring Benedict Cumberbatch, who played code breaker Alan Turing in the movie “The Imitation Game”.
“We are honored that Time Magazine has recognized the unique innovations we have brought to market this past year.” said Michael Crowley, CEO and Founder of InfoMotion. “The recognition is humbling, and it underscores our commitment to innovation within the Internet of Things. Our team continues to focus on developing first in class, high-quality products to help athletes develop motor skills in any fitness application.”
The 94Fifty Smart Sensor Basketball is the first product of its kind to measure and diagnose the quality of key basketball skills critical to building confidence, versatility, and success in the game. The basketball sends immediate shooting and ball-handling feedback to a mobile smartphone via Bluetooth, and gives players of any skill level access personal training feedback about shooting and ball-handling skills. The immediate and precise feedback allows players to improve important muscle memory skills more efficiently and effectively on a daily basis.
“Products named in this year’s issue from Time are meant to recognize what Nancy Gibbs, Editor at Time, describes as exhilarating innovations. This year’s 25 products include a range of selections from a new kind of hoverboard, magnetic stabilization technology for earthquakes, and 3D printing. All of the products chosen are considered revolutionary in their respective fields.
The 94Fifty basketball includes a free, downloadable app for Android and IOS users that allows the player to train specific skills, work through levels of increasingly difficult workouts, compete head to head with any player based on their skills, and compete with anyone in the world via Twitter. The app counts hundreds of shots during a workout, and overlays important shooting metrics like shot arc, shot backspin, and shot release speed so that players can better track how their shooting mechanics affect accuracy.
Recently, InfoMotion announced it has innovated a novel way to use its internal sensor suite with to determine whether the ball goes through the hoop with 95% confidence and launched its latest product, the SmartNet™. The SmartNet integrates with the basketball through a simple app upgrade to record makes and misses for players of all ages.
The 94Fifty Smart Sensor Basketball and SmartNet are all-weather, high quality sports equipment that are impossible to differentiate from a normal basketball or net. The 94Fifty Smart Sensor Basketball ($199.95) and the SmartNet ($19.95) are available at http://www.94fifty.com, and select online retailers nationwide.
94Fifty Smart Sensor Basketball is the Official Smart Basketball of the National Association of Basketball Coaches and has been endorsed by the Amateur Athletic Union Basketball (AAU).
About InfoMotion® Sports Technologies
94Fifty® is the basketball brand of InfoMotion Sports Technologies Inc. (IST). InfoMotion® is the world leader for developing and commercializing advanced complex motion software and firmware for the Internet of Things (IoT), including its award-winning Powered by InfoMotion software suite. IST develops its own branded products for some fitness verticals and enables partners with software capabilities for wearable, attachable, and embeddable sensor applications in other fitness verticals. More information can be found at www.infomotionsports.com, and www.94Fifty.com.
