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...
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 […]
The NFL provided the first research update of its Engineering Roadmap, offering data from its video review of every concussion-inducing play from the past two seasons in hopes the work can “galvanize new ideas,” said Jeff Miller, the league executive charged with overseeing health and safety. One early espoused proposal by Jeff Crandall, the Ph.D. […]
In December 2015, Will Smith took to the big screen to play a forensic pathologist who took on the NFL about traumatic brain injuries and subsequent diseases, especially chronic traumatic encephalopathy. At the same time, a product was in development that now is poised to reduce the chance of these brain injuries. That product, ProTech, […]
Riddell, a leading football equipment manufacturer, announced Wednesday the addition of Peyton Manning as a strategic business advisor and brand ambassador. The legendary quarterback will aid with product development, community and charitable initiatives, internal programming, and special projects directed by Riddell’s executive leaders. Manning will help amplify Riddell’s contributions in protective equipment innovation. “Peyton Manning is synonymous with football. […]
