Torrey Smith has never been your typical NFL wide receiver. A month after winning Super Bowl XLVII, he went to intern with Rep. Elijah Cummings for the month of March 2013 when most of his teammates were enjoying a well deserved offseason. He also became a free agent for the first time in his career and […]
Six winners of the Head Health Challenge I were announced on Thursday. The winners will each receive a $500,000 award, furthering their work to speed diagnosis and improve treatment for mild traumatic brain injury thanks to the joint effort of the NFL and GE. Head Health Challenge is part of the Head Health Initiative and […]
Sideline concussion testing is not perfect. It usually involves a series of questions, some short-term memory tests and an athletic trainer’s assessment of eye movement. More times than not, these do the trick, but there are quite a few examples where seriously concussed players have returned to action after passing their tests. The Miami Herald’s […]
Of late, eye-tracking technology has been gaining some traction due to the number of devices that can support it. New hardware interfaces enables such software to subsist within this ecosystem, allowing users and tech specialists to view and retrieve data (among other use cases) that wouldn’t be discernable with just the naked eye. There’s greater […]
DorsaVi, an Australian movement sensor technology company, has added two high-profile clients to their already growing list. The New Orleans Saints and the Cleveland Browns have been testing out their sensor technology, and have opted to use it for the duration of this upcoming regular season. The reigning NBA champions, the Golden State Warriors, and the […]
