Oct
30
5:00 PM
'TechKnow' Need to Know: Kyle Hill explores concussions in football
On this week's "TechKnow," contributor Kyle Hill travels to the University of Nebraska and Virginia Tech to explore how scientists are developing new technology to keep football players safer from concussions. Check out some behind-the-scenes images from his trip.
Contributor Kyle Hill tries on a football helmet.
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Kyle checks on the impact dummy at the Virginia Tech-Wake Forest University School of Biomedical Engineering and Sciences.
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This machine simulates the G-force trauma of football hits.
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Virginia Tech's helmet ratings system measures how well football helmets reduce the risk of concussions.
Some of the football helmets used in Virginia Tech's helmet ratings testing.
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Kyle and former Nebraska linebacker Blake Lawrence talk about the concussion that made him quit football for good.
Behind the scenes at Nebraska's Athletic Performance Lab.
Kyle dons an EEG net before taking the "two-back" test which scientists are using to test for concussion symptoms.
Watch "TechKnow," Sunday 7:30ET/4:30PT on Al Jazeera America, for Kyle's full piece on how science and technology could help solve football's concussion problem.
More from TechKnow: Football concussions
- 'TechKnow' Need to Know: What causes a concussion?
- What we talk about when we talk about football concussions
- Official concussion protocol is still a new venture for major U.S. sports
- TechKnow Q&A: Kyle Hill on how science could help make football safer
- 'TechKnow' Need to Know: Kyle Hill explores concussions in football
- Are football rule changes making the game 'soft'?
- Concussions among youth football players also cause for concern
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