There is a large window-lined laboratory in the back of one of Clemson University’s most storied buildings, Newman Hall, filled with machines that look like they were extracted straight from Dr.

The hits just keep coming, and that’s by design. At the Virginia Tech Helmet testing labs, teams simulate impacts for all kinds of sports. “We put the helmets on a dummy head and we impact him in ...

When it comes to protecting riders helmets are usually judged on crash-test performance, padding, and shell durability. And even then, most helmets are meant to prevent skull fracture more than they ...

On Tuesday, April 9, 2024, NFL Chief Medical Officer Dr. Allen Sills led a discussion with a panel of experts on how the league has made rules changes and driven innovations in protective equipment ...

CR’s staff of scientists and engineers test hundreds of models of products behind the closed doors of our labs, where the smell of freshly baked cookies or the sound of repeated flushing is sometimes ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. VICIS had the top four performing helmets in ...

"We're not going to solve the problem of reducing impact on the inside of the helmet, with just a hard shell and a liner," Beyer told us. "By going to the outside of the helmet, we did 70% better." ...