Posted on 17 November 2010. Tags: atom, football, helmet, intel, microchip
In case computer chips were a bit boring for you. Intel has come to the rescue. They’ve been working with several industry experts to improve the safety of American football helmets. The idea is to put tiny Atom microprocessors inside football helmets to measure and feed real-time impact data to medical personnel on the sidelines [...]
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Posted in Future Technology, News
Posted on 23 July 2010. Tags: Comic, Con, Daft Punk, helmet, How, LED, Legacy, Make, To, tron
Well Comic Con is in full swing and they have just shown the latest eagerly anticipated Tron Legacy trailer – and to celebrate the fact one man has just completed a 17-month gargantuan journey from his house to become Daft Punk at Comic Con. Comic Con is the world’s biggest comic convention and allow Americans [...]
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Posted in Cool Gadgets, Hacks and How-To's, News
Posted on 25 February 2010. Tags: bike, concept gadget, crash helmet, cycle helmet, Dr Ken Phillips, health, helmet, Phillips Helmets, safety
Did you know that when you hit your head your scalp slides across your skull helping to deflect up to 60% of an injury? It’s a gross image but without it even minor head bumps could lead to serious injury. It works like this- It’s with that fact in mind that Dr Ken Phillips has [...]
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Posted in Cool Gadgets