Grant: Applied Research and Development Grants - Level 1
Southern Alberta Institute of Technology
$25,000.00
Developing Advanced Golf Motion and Fitness Tracker
EF 2015-16
Résumé
TLink Golf Inc. has approached SAIT Polytechnic to seek technical assistance to develop the second version of its product, TLink, a small, lightweight and reasonably priced Bluetooth device for golfers to determine the yardage to the green and pin placements via GPS network. TLink Golf released the first version of TLink in 2015 and has already recorded high sales volumes. SAIT will provide technical support in this project to generate valuable results and reports on the requirements for the version 2.0 which is expected to have several major changes and additional features in terms of size, form and bracelet, impact on phone battery, memory usage, and swing analysis while maintaining a comparatively low manufacturing and retail cost. SAIT and TLink Golf will use the project results to pursue a larger research project to develop prototype and pre-production units of TLink version 2.0 with full commercialization expected in 2017. The proposed project will enhance TLink Golf's own expertise in the advancement of GPS golf watches and its competitiveness in its niche market, and will enable SAIT to gain experience in leading edge info-communication technologies for sports activities.
Programme
Applied Research and Development Grants - Level 1
Bénéficiaire
Emplacement
Alberta, Canada
Type de bénéficiaire
Academia
Type
Grant
Source
NSERC's Awards Data
Tel que publié
Application id
489093-2015
Name nom
Zahavich, Alex
Department département
Applied Research and Innovation Services
Organization id
10
Institution établissement
Southern Alberta Institute of Technology
Province en
Alberta
Province fr
Alberta
Country en
CANADA
Country fr
CANADA
Fiscal year exercice financier
2015
Competition year année de concours
2015
Award amount
25000
Program id
CARD1
Program name en
Applied Research and Development Grants - Level 1
Program name fr
Subventions de recherche et développement appliquée - niveau 1
Group en
Research partnerships programs
Group fr
Programmes de partenariat
Committee code
1561
Committee name en
Applied Research and Development Grants
Committee name fr
Subventions de recherche et développement appliquée
Area of application code
802
Area of application group en
Information and communication services
Area of application group fr
Services d'information et de télécommunications
Area of application en
Information systems and technology
Area of application fr
Systèmes d'information et technologie de l'information
Research subject code
2701
Research subject group en
Information technology
Research subject group fr
Technologie de l'information
Research subject en
Computer hardware
Research subject fr
Matériel informatique
Partie
1
Nb partie
1
Application title
Developing Advanced Golf Motion and Fitness Tracker
Keyword
NSERC
Application summary
TLink Golf Inc. has approached SAIT Polytechnic to seek technical assistance to develop the second version of its product, TLink, a small, lightweight and reasonably priced Bluetooth device for golfers to determine the yardage to the green and pin placements via GPS network. TLink Golf released the first version of TLink in 2015 and has already recorded high sales volumes. SAIT will provide technical support in this project to generate valuable results and reports on the requirements for the version 2.0 which is expected to have several major changes and additional features in terms of size, form and bracelet, impact on phone battery, memory usage, and swing analysis while maintaining a comparatively low manufacturing and retail cost. SAIT and TLink Golf will use the project results to pursue a larger research project to develop prototype and pre-production units of TLink version 2.0 with full commercialization expected in 2017. The proposed project will enhance TLink Golf's own expertise in the advancement of GPS golf watches and its competitiveness in its niche market, and will enable SAIT to gain experience in leading edge info-communication technologies for sports activities.
