Notre Dame’s storied football program announced this week that the Fighting Irish would be the first team to outfit the majority of its roster with the new VICIS Zero1 helmet, which received the highest safety marks in a joint NFL/NFLPA biomechanical study of 33 helmets. The multilayered design works to absorb impact and mitigate the […]
After repeated criticisms from groups such as Amnesty International and the Human Rights Watch, Qatar has introduced legislation to overhaul its widely criticized migrant worker employment system (known as kafala) and improve safety conditions on sites such as the venues under construction for the 2022 World Cup. Such pledged reforms have indicated sufficient progress that […]
Many tennis players use a tennis dampener, a cheap piece of silicone that reduces the vibration of the strings and makes a smoother sound on contact with the ball. The dampener created by Courtmatics does a lot more. By placing a microcomputer complete with inertial sensors, internal memory and Bluetooth inside a typical dampener, the […]
VICIS is now making its top-rated Zero1 helmet widely available to high school players for the 2018 season through a newly opened online marketplace. The Zero1, which a joint NFL/NFLPA study deemed best for reducing head-impact severity, made its debut on NFL fields earlier this year, with high-profile players such as Kansas City Chiefs quarterback […]
As James White took a toss from Tom Brady to score the winning touchdown in Super Bowl LI, the people at Marshall Electronics couldn’t have been happier. Not because they are New England Patriots fans, but because their pylon cam was in the perfect spot for the final play in the largest Super Bowl comeback […]
