Monday, Mar. 11, 2019 – A roundup of some of the key sports technology stories you need to know, including SportTechie’s own content and stories from around the web. NBC...
Football helmet technology company VICIS has completed its $28.5M Series B round of funding, which includes investment from Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers. The company also announced the commercial...
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 […]
The NFL and its players association have, for the first time, banned the use of 10 helmet models because of their poor performance in laboratory testing. The ban was the result of an annual assessment which ranked how each helmet reduces head-impact severity when experiencing simulated concussion-causing forces. VICIS retained its top ranking, with its […]
The NFL announced the winners of its third HeadHealthTECH Challenge, a contest aimed at advancing innovation in sports protective equipment. The challenge is part of the NFL’s Play Smart, Play Safe initiative in collaboration with Duke University’s Clinical and Translational Science Institute (Duke CTSI). The winners, AES Research & Design, HRL Laboratories, and Impressio, Inc., will each […]
