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 […]
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 early 2016, it was reported that the workers working on the 2022 World Cup in Qatar stadium were suffering “appalling treatment” by FIFA and the Qatari authorities. According to Amnesty International, the workers were forced to live in squalid accommodation, appeared to pay huge recruitment fees and had wages withheld and passports confiscated. After […]
Competitive wrestling headgear technology has not evolved much over the last 70 years. BATS-TOIS, a sports technology startup just changed that. They officially introduced The Mercado, a protective wrestling helmet that hopes to be an industry-changing innovation. BATS-TOI just launched their official website. Their goal is to improve the health and safety of athletes through improved equipment technology. Their […]
You are driving the family car through your quiet neighborhood with your two sons in the backseat. It is a gorgeous Saturday afternoon, but as you cross the intersection, seconds away from your driveway, you notice out of the corner of your eye the car next to you is running the stop sign. As the […]
