The NHL is embedding technology into its pucks that will allow it to track movement on the ice at a rate of roughly 200 times a second, according to David Lehanski, the NHL’s senior vice president of business development and global partnerships. The smart puck will aid in the league’s development of live data, which […]
VICIS, creator of the top-rated helmet for football safety, announced a contract to improve combat head protection with the U.S. Army Natick Soldier Research, Development and Engineering Center today. The company will work on replacing existing foam liner pads in combat helmets with its own technology. Within the last two months, the VICIS ZERO1 helmet was […]
On Tuesday, pro cycling team Team Novo Nordisk announced a partnership with NormaTec. The team will use the company’s dynamic compression products to help its riders recover after long and grueling days on their bikes. If you’ve ever seen an athlete sitting around wearing what look like a giant pair of inflatable black pants, you […]
When a college quarterback wearing Riddell’s smart helmet is slammed unusually hard in the head, a coach on the sideline gets an immediate warning. Now, Riddell is upgrading that system to help coaches analyze head-injury trends so they can make smarter decisions about their players and reduce the chance of injury. Riddell introduced the InSite […]
The 2017 NFL season saw a “statistically significant” increase in the proportion of head injuries caused by helmet-to-helmet collisions. Richard Kent, an engineer who consults to the NFL Health and Safety Committee, shared that preliminary finding from the NFL’s forensic concussion research. Kent, the deputy director of the University of Virginia’s Center for Applied Biomechanics, shared those early […]
