It has been exactly two weeks since we launched on Indiegogo and here are some updates on what have been happening during this period.

To start off, we have already achieved close to 90% of our $30,000 target! That is great news as there are still 26 days left to the end of our campaign 🙂

With all the pre-orders coming in through our campaign, QLIPP will be starting off our manufacturing this Friday to ensure that all the sensors that you have ordered will be delivered to you by end November to early December.

Be sure to get your own QLIPP sensor at a discounted price of only US$84 before our campaign ends! If you’re interested in buying for not only yourself but also for your family and friends, then there are various packages offered through our campaign that will be sure to meet your needs.

In other news, QLIPP was also recently featured again on Singapore’s highest selling newspaper- The Straits Times! To find out more about what our founders, Donny and Cen, have to say about our QLIPP sensor, click here: http://www.straitstimes.com/tech/wearables/could-tennis-sensor-be-a-masterstroke-for-players

And that’s it for now! Do continue to support us on our Indiegogo campaign 🙂

This has got to be one of our proudest moments yet and we just had to share it with all of you! 🙂

As you might know, QLIPP attended the Echelon Asia Summit 2015 on 23 and 24 June, whereby we gave live demonstrations and answered the questions of those present (many thanks for those who stopped by our booth, a blog post will be coming soon!)

It was there that QLIPP was able to raise the awareness of our sensor to numerous delegates and media figures right before we launched on Indiegogo.

It was definitely a surprise and honor to have Aloysius Low (thank you!) , a CNET reporter, stop by our booth as well! Click here: http://www.cnet.com/news/perfect-your-tennis-swing-with-the-qlipp-sensor/ to read all about it!

Also, we received much attention from the international press as well and we were definitely thrilled to share about our QLIPP sensor.

The following is an interview published by a Korea news site, featuring our CTO, Tan Guo Wei :

It was great meeting every one of you and we would sincerely like express our gratitude for the attention given 🙂 Your support is what keeps us going!

To pre-order: http://igg.me/at/qlipp

MUNICH, GERMANY, January 2015 – QLIPP™, the Ultimate Tennis Performance Sensor, makes its debut at ISPO BRANDNEW 2015 as a Digital Finalist. Weighing in at 8g and measuring only 30mm x 20mm, QLIPP™ is one of the most portable, lightest and smallest 3D motion tennis sensors in the market.

The sensor clips onto any tennis racket easily, and once mounted, a user just has to launch the QLIPP™ app (which will be available for both iOS and Android smartphones) to record video playback and track stats. It reports ball speed, sweet spot accuracy, and backhand, slice, and even overhand efforts. Players have the option to allow QLIPP™ to call out stats during a session with its voice feedback controls, or even take slow-motion video playback of every serve and stroke.

“We want to help tennis players up their game one stroke at a time with a performance sensor that truly gets the job done,” said Mr Cen Lee, co-founder of QLIPP™. Dr Donny Soh (PhD Data Mining, Imperial College, United Kingdom), co-founder of QLIPP™ also commented, “Our goal is to produce a tennis performance sensor with the best accuracy possible helping both players and coaches improve faster.”

Part of QLIPP™ technology was licensed from A*STAR, the largest governmental research agency in Singapore. QLIPP™ is supported by the Media Development Authority (MDA) Singapore.

PRODUCT HIGHLIGHTS

CLIP & PLAY

• Lightest tennis performance sensor at 8g
• Only sensor that allows you to easily attach to any tennis racket with a simple twist and lock
• Doubles as a dampener
• Record, playback and review every stroke in slow motion

MEASURE

• Real-time feedback with voice control options
• Analyze your game: Record every stroke and see detailed stats of your topspin, speed and sweet spot accuracy for every session
• Save your stats to review your progress

COMPARE

• See how your stats match up in the QLIPP™ community leaderboards
• Organize matches with other players
• Share your progress on social media

QLIPP™ will be available in the third quarter of 2015 and will retail at US$129 (suggested retail price). Currently, QLIPP™ is available for pre-order (US$99 early bird price) at www.qlipp.com

ABOUT 9 DEGREES FREEDOM

9 Degrees Freedom was founded in February 2012 by a pair of Singaporean researchers with a passion for innovative lifestyle sports technologies. Their first product, QLIPP™, has been presented at various international conferences, including DEMO Asia (Singapore) and DEMO Fall (Santa Clara). The company won a Bronze Award in Emerging Technologies from the Singapore Infocomm Technology Federation (SiTF) Awards 2012 and a is a Digital Finalist at ISPO BRANDNEW 2015 for its work on QLIPP. 9 Degrees Freedom was incubated by Nanyang Technological University (Singapore), the 6th best Engineering and Technology University in Asia and 29th in the world. For more information, visit www.degrees9.com

ABOUT ISPO BRANDNEW

Since its first edition in the year 2000, ISPO BRANDNEW has established itself as the most important platform for start-ups in the sport industry. Every year an independent jury, largely consisting of former winners, name the Top 50 Newcomers, all of which are younger than four years. The winners then have the possibility to showcase themselves to the whole of the sport industry in the ISPO BRANDNEW Village in Hall A1 at ISPO MUNICH. This opportunity and numerous other forms of support are provided by ISPO to enable these Companies to get off to a successful start, past winners include GoPro, Maloja, On Running, Naish Sails und Nixon and many more. For more information, please go to: http://brandnew.ispo.com/en/