Head impact telemetry system
Topic: Engineering
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Head Impact Telemetry System (HITS) is a hardware and software system intended as a shock detector and logger; the hardware is embedded in football helmets and transmits data to a computer.[1]
The system was developed by Simbex, based on Lebanon, New Hampshire, in collaboration with Virginia Tech,[1] starting around 2000.[2] By 2006 the system weighed about six ounces and had six sensors, a small computer, a battery and a radio; helmets including the system were marketed by Riddell and a set of 40 cost around $50,000 at that time.[2] At that time nine NCAA football teams and a high school team were testing it, and the NFL had decided it not well validated enough to use.[2]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Ouellette, Jennifer (October 17, 2011). "What Woody Woodpecker Can Teach Us About Football" (in en). Scientific American: Cocktail Party Physics Blog. https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/cocktail-party-physics/what-woody-the-woodpecker-can-teach-us-about-football/.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Sidman, Jessica (July 27, 2006). "From helmet to sideline, device measures impacts to head". USA Today. https://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2006-07-26-helmets_x.htm.
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