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Virginia Tech Gives VICIS ZERO1 Helmet Top Ranking

For the second time in 15 days, the VICIS ZERO1 football helmet is being lauded as the safest around. On May 1, the Virginia Tech Helmet Lab awarded five stars for VICIS’ 2018 ZERO1. The helmet beat out sixteen other competitors. The goal of VT’s research, which has been ongoing since 2011, is to identify […]

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NFL Reveals Winners Of HeadHealthTECH Challenge

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 […]

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Even the Best Technology Will Not Remove Danger from Football

At least nine high school football players, three in the span of four days, have died this year of complications resulting from on-field play. As of the publication of this article, two additional non-contact, football-related injuries bring the 2014 high school football player death toll to eleven. The victims: Peyton Flowers, 18- Died in Jackson, […]

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