The final of the National Smart Sports Innovation and Design Competition is held in Wuxi's Xinwu district Dec 6. [Photo/jschina.com.cn]
The final of the National Smart Sports Innovation and Design Competition was held in Wuxi's Xinwu district Dec 6.
After three months of competition, 12 teams displayed their products and ideas for smart sports in the final.
A standout was an intelligent sports facility management platform that can collect datas of athletes and sports venues for sports management centers and suggest sports for people after they have had physical tests.
The intelligent sports facility can collect datas of athletes and sports venues for sports management centers. [Photo/jschina.com.cn]
"Smart sports can help to change the development mode of sports and promote public sports services," said Sun Jinrong, director of the sports industry guidance center of Jiangsu Provincial Sports Bureau.
Sponsored by Wuxi Municipal Publicity Department, Wuxi Sports Bureau and the internet of things school of Jiangnan University, the competition aimed to promote innovation and transformation of traditional industries and provide more ideas and projects to the sports industry.
As Jiangsu's first smart sports city, Wuxi aims to develop its sports and health industries through the use of Internet Plus and IoT technologies. The city has hosted the Smart Sports Industry Summit to discuss how IoT can promote mass sports and entertainment.
