Through the past decade, more and more focus has been put on head injuries in football.
With rule changes in the NFL and NCAA to youth football participation numbers dropping, some fear that it could be light’s out for America’s game. But before it becomes too late, companies are looking to new technologies to make the most popular sport in America safer.
Head Health Network’s helmets come with a pressure-mapping smart fabric that register each hit taken in real-time. Testing is done to determine an athlete’s baseline mental abilities to examine memory, reaction time, cognitive ability, and other mental functions to determine a normal level of thinking. Then, when an impact or collection of impacts registers hard enough, a team official will automatically be notified via a mobile device.