Over the course of the next 30 days the campaign will reward all donations via a tailored, tiered prize list aimed at racket sports enthusiasts and technology buffs alike. The Pulse Play team will be looking to raise a total of $75,000 with top rewards including a chance to battle it out on the court with Ram himself. According to the team, they’ve developed the Pulse Play to settle an age-old problem among racket sports players: accurate and reliable scorekeeping. The device, along with tis online companion platform, serves three main functions:
Provide scorekeeping and live score announcements that allows for uninterrupted gameplayRecord game history and assigns the wearer a global ranking once a match is completeConnect users across a worldwide social network
It’s also important to realize that the racket sports market brings in around $25 to $30 billion worldwide annually, and of that total, $6 billion comes from the US alone. To ensure that Pulse Play can service the 275 million people in this industry, Ram partnered with Small Factory Big Ideas (sFBI) to finalize the concept. He’s brought his expertise from the courts to the tech world and is letting the team at sFBI capitalize on his knowledge. Together they believe they’ve come up with a truly beautiful design on a practical product that, as they say, could potentially change the face of racket sports forever.
Product Shots: Pulse Play PR team Image Credit: Wikimedia Commons / Andy Ram at the 2009 US Open
