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TechKnow 110: Diagnosing and treating football players' concussions

November 3, 2013 2:21PM ET

New tech helps diagnose and treat football players' concussions, plus eco-friendly packaging made from mushroom roots

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Join our expert contributors Phil Torres, Kyle Hill, Lindsay Moran and Rachelle Oldmixon as they explore new technology that impacts our lives. Kyle goes to Cornhusker Country -- the University of Nebraska -- and Virginia Tech to look at how science might make football safer. Plus Lindsay investigates how one company has made mushrooms and other organic products into an alternative to polysterene packaging.

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Virginia Tech-Wake Forest School of BioMed Engineering & Sciences

Researchers at the Virginia Tech-Wake Forest University School of Biomedical Engineering and Sciences developed the STAR ratings system to measure the protective ability of different brands of football helmets. 

University of Nebraska-Lincoln

The Center for Brain, Biology, and Behavior (CB3), located in the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's Memorial Stadium, is in the process of developing a ten-minute sideline test to check for concussions in football players.

Ecovative

Ecovative Design is a material science company creating plastic, insulation, and styrofoam alternatives using mushrooms' mycelium root structure. They recently won the Buckminster Fuller Challenge for their innovative, eco-friendly products. 

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