February 01, 2013
The team at Pocket Radar™ always enjoys hearing back from its customers about the different applications they are using the product for. One of the more recent applications that got us excited was mixing science with skateboarding. We recently got in contact with Professor Adrian Lenardic of Rice University, who informed us of his scientific [...]
Read More January 22, 2013
In addition to its sports related applications, The Pocket Radar™ is also currently used throughout the world to help with traffic safety. This past year, reporters from the New York Daily News caught multiple cyclists breaking the 25 mph bike speed limit in Central Park in a 35 minute period. Numerous pedestrians have cited complaints [...]
Read More December 28, 2012
In a recent interview, Andy Lopez, head baseball coach at the University of Arizona, discussed how he trained a national championship winning baseball team. The Arizona Wildcats went undefeated in the D1 College World Series and denied the three-peat dreams of last year’s champions, the University of South Carolina, to become the 2012 NCAA National [...]
Read More October 15, 2012
On the week of Sept. 16-21, members of the United States Professional Tennis Association gathered in beautiful Monterey, California for what is the annual USPTA World Conference. First time host division Northern California, where our headquarters are located, was a great place for USPTA to celebrate its 85th birthday, and the Hyatt Regency Monterey Hotel [...]
Read More August 17, 2012
Tonight a team from Uganda plays for the first time ever in the Little League World Series. They have been training hard all season to make it this far. Pocket RadarTM has been a key part of their training to help develop the skills needed to compete at the top level in the world. Take [...]
Read More April 04, 2012
The Pocket Radar team recently had the privilege of working with the SETI institute to help evaluate a possible new radio telescope site for scientific exploration.
Read More May 23, 2011
We were recently paid a visit to the 2011 California Science Fair to meet with Kyle Lin, a Santa-Rosa High School student whose science fair project used Pocket Radar to study the effect that building rectus abdominis muscle strength or increasing wrist flexion has on tennis service velocity. Kyle used Pocket Radar to measure the [...]
Read More May 20, 2011
“Welcome to Radar Nation, where the ideal velocities resemble temperatures in Phoenix in July.” In the April 4th edition of Sports Illustrated, writer Tom Verducci wrote a great article titled Radar Love; he included an overall history of how and where radar technology came about in the baseball industry. In 1946, at the Griffith Stadium [...]
Read More May 04, 2011
From claiming speed records in the air, on the ground or in the water, to fastballs, auto racing, and downhill skiing, to playground cycling and running races, there is no doubt that the “need for speed” is deeply rooted in humankind. In fact, speed is such a fascination that an entire television network is devoted [...]
Read More April 06, 2011
Aeromodellers have always been attracted by speed, if not addicted. But when you come to the speed evaluation, you quickly discover that people are very often optimistic (like measuring altitude). This is why a speed radar is interesting for our hobby. If you don’t want to invest in an expensive radar gun, there is now [...]
Read More February 08, 2011
Capping Off A Noteworthy Trade Show Season, The Palm-Sized Speed Radar Wins Coveted Award And Showcases Its Innovative Technology SANTA ROSA, CALIF. (February 8, 2011) – Pocket RadarTM, the world’s first and only palm-sized personal speed radar gun, captured the attention of baseball coaches, scouts and fans alike, while on display at recent trade and [...]
Read More December 31, 2010
Pocket Radar got our first chance to attend the MLB Winter Meetings in Orlando this month. We were very excited since we already had several Major League teams using the Pocket Radar and we wanted to get a chance to meet with all of the clubs. We were afforded the opportunity to demonstrate the amazing accuracy of the Pocket Radar to managers, farm directors and scouting directors of nearly every Major League team in attendance
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