In many instances the head impact doses and head injury risks while wearing vintage leatherheads were comparable to or better than those while wearing several widely used 21st century varsity helmets.
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Reebok and mc10 have collaborated to create CheckLight, a head impact indicator meant to make it easy to see when an athlete has taken a dangerous blow to the head.
Ridell started experimenting with them back in 2006 or so (See this article from MIT Technology Review) and a New Hampshire company called Simbex sells something called the Head Impact Telemetry system (HIT system get it, get it?) which would allow the NFL to start in right away.
My journey took me to BBC Television Centre in west London where I was wheeled out as the latest talking head analysing the impact of Hurricane Sandy as it battered the east coast of the United States.
The comparison between the gridiron and a war zone becomes even more similar now, as the NFL is looking into implementing the same helmet sensors the Army uses to gather data on head trauma after impact, according to the Stars and Stripes, an independent news source of the military.
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First, its flexible design measures the impact on a wearer's head, as opposed to the impact on a helmet, which -- according to Kacyvenski -- means that the data it provides is more relevant and accurate than competing systems.
ENGADGET: Reebok and mc10 team up to build CheckLight, a head impact indicator (hands-on)
In other words, Head Start's impact is no better than random.
The latter guarantee has allowed companies to help lessen the impact of head injuries, and benefit monetarily in what has become a Business of Concussions.
Peli has been conducting research on the use and impact of head-mounted displays for two decades, and he has been consulting with the Glass team for nearly two years.
The bleeding was caused by blunt impact to the head, it found, but further tests are to be carried out.
The potential for injuries are measured using smaller dummies because IIHS data suggests that women are more likely than men to suffer serious head injuries in a side impact collision.
In concert with several doctors, the company claims to have created a technology that will greatly decrease the impact forces to the head.
Now companies pursuing wave and tidal energy, both of which require the installment of buoys and turbines in the ocean, are working to head off any concerns about the impact of such equipment on marine ecosystems.
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In my case, it was only while sitting down and reading June Jordan's "Some of Us Did Not Die" weeks after the legendary writer did succumb to breast cancer that I began to wrap my head around the disease's impact, specifically on black women.
As Nansen Saleri, the CEO of Quantum Reserve Impact in Houston and former head of reservoir management for Saudi Aramco, reported in his article in The Wall Street Journal, existing oil capacity exceeds current demand by between 3 million and 5 million barrels of oil a day.
Angela Piearce, EDF's head of Sizewell C development, said the impact on traffic was "a big concern locally".
Mr. Saleri, president and CEO of Quantum Reservoir Impact in Houston, was formerly head of reservoir management for Saudi Aramco.
"It will impact on retail as well as head offices, " he said.
Extra cash, together with targets and performance management, had much more of an impact, says Andy McKeon, head of health at the spending watchdog.
Have you ever felt frustrated with the fuzzy math that seems to rear its ugly head in nearly every element of biofuels environmental impact analyses?
Michael Brune, head of the Sierra Club, said the negative impact of shale fracking is underestimated.
Their proposed e-rally before the head of the SEC, however, may have little impact.
"Ed is very passionate about trying to do the right thing and letting advanced technology have its proper impact, " says Paul Kolodzy, former head of the FCC's spectrum-reform task force.
Our point is that, despite the fact that thousands of companies will be clamoring for the spotlight at CES, we don't expect to see many head-turning products that will make any sort of impact on the mobile industry.
But much of that dip appears to be the result of microbes using oxygen to dissolve oil underwater, and the decline is not enough to be fatal to marine life, said National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration official Steve Murawski, the head the Joint Analysis Group studying the spill's impact.
Many large companies "have come to understand what can happen to their supplier base when there is disruption" and are looking at how they can help mitigate the impact on suppliers, said Michael McDonough, global head of supply chain at J.
One of the companies making headway in the Business of Concussions is Guardian Caps, which created a cap that an individual can place on an existing helmet for the stated purpose of reducing the impact in the case of a blow to the head.
"The drastic reductions by banks did impact pricing, " says Ronald Lafever, Spanish country head of Kennedy Wilson Europe.
Dr Susan Parham, head of urbanism at the University of Hertfordshire, will monitor the impact of hosting hives in a working environment.
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Hancock, along with producer David Rubinson and Steve Pond (author of Head Hunters: The Making of Jazz's First Platinum Album) recently reflected on Head Hunters' creation, as well as its long-lasting impact.
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