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The Advisor by SkyKap news.cnet.comNow this sounds to good to be true, imagine wearing a hat that gives you feedback on your golf game and the ability to tell you the yardages to the flag stick.
Advisor golf caps and visors have built in to the brim of a standard golf cap or visor a sophisticated set of electronics, allowing what appears to be an ordinary cap to function as a complete Golf information system. Controlled completely by Speaker Independent Voice Recognition, this cap allows the golfer to get yardage data, enter and track scores, pace of play timing functions and many other capabilities.
Caddie Killer ‘SkyKap Advisor’ Debuts golfnow.com
Caddies round the world should pay attention to this little hat known as the SkyKap Advisor. (Unless you’re one of these caddies, cause your usefulness will probably be needed for a while.) The SkyKap is a hat with built-in GPS technology. As Gizmodo says:
First you plug it into your PC’s USB port and download course maps from SkyKap website. Then you wear the cap out on the links, asking it for information about distance to things such as the pin, water hazards and fairway boundaries, and it whispers the info into your ear.
SkyKap Brings GPS to your Golf Game gpsmagazine.com
For those looking to add some serious
GPS Golf Caps and Visors - SkyKap Advisor gpsgazette.com
SkyKap LLC presented at the PGA Merchandise Show a rather unique and interesting new Golf GPS accessory, GPS enabled Golf Caps and Visors that will help you improve your Golf game :). The name of this unique GPS Golf aid is Advisor. This new accessory is completely hands free operated and is controlled with voice commands ...
SkyKap Advisor dispenses advise ubergizmo.com
... The GPS-enabled SkyKap Advisor is one interesting gadget that could potentially help you lower your handicap as it whispers information such as the pin, water hazards, and fairway boundaries into your ear. ...
SkyKap Advisor: golf claps for GPS golf caps engadget.com
... GPS and golf meet yet again in SkyKap's new Advisor, a line of visors and caps with GPS built into the bill audio built into the side, and speaker-independent voice recognition, all with the intent of keeping track of scores, times, yardage, and so on ...
SkyKap Advisor GPS Golf Cap Whispers Sweet Distances in Your Ear gizmodo.com
The SkyKap Advisor is a GPS-enabled golf cap controlled by voice commands. First you plug it into your PC's USB port and download course maps from SkyKap website. Then you wear the cap out on the links, asking it for information about distance to things such as the pin, water hazards and fairway boundaries, and it whispers the info into your ear.
For all avid golfers, here’s a glimpse into the future of hi-tech Golfing chaos-laboratory.com
... Do you really take your game seriously and are continuously striving to improve your gameplay? SkyKap LLC brings you an all new and unique cool-tool which might help you do just so. The product - a GPS accessorized golf-cap called Advisor and was recently showcased at the PGA Merchandise Show, the largest golf exhibition in the world.
This might get you thinking - “so it’s just a golf-cap with inbuilt GPS. What's the big deal about it?” Hold your horses for a while. This isn’t merely any GPS enabled golf-cap. To an outsider it appears to be a perfectly ordinary golf-cap - except that it’s not quite so “ordinary“. Built in to the brim of the golf cap or visor is a set of ultra-sophisticated electronics components that work harmoniously to function as a complete Golfing Information System ...
Providing Greater Enjoyment, Efficiency: More and more golfers, of all skill levels, are relying on handheld GPS distance devices pgamagazine.com
Golfers tend to like numbers – which certainly explains the popularity of club fitting systems. It’s also likely the driving force behind the surging attraction to handheld GPS distance finders.
Perhaps that’s why one of golf’s biggest names, Callaway Golf, recently dove into this field – as have the likes of Izzo Golf and Garmin, probably best known for global positioning systems being used in automobiles. ...
