Warming up of muscles and practicing a sport keep you fit and healthy but sometimes injuries while playing sports can prove fatal. Safety plays an important role and to ensure a long and injury free athletic career new safety equipment are launched every now and then. The X2 Impact DVT2 Mouthguard by Benjamin Watkins is an impact-sensing mouth guard, which has been used for research at various universities like Stanford. The efficiency of the design can we well estimated from the fact that it has even won IDSA NW 2011 Shaggies Gold Award.
The X2 Impact determines head impacts in athletes and collects data so as to lessen traumatic brain injuries (TBI). The mouthguard achieves this by resting near the base of the skull (the back upper teeth) and triangulating the linear acceleration to the center of the skull using accelerometers and gyroscopes. It then sends live data wirelessly through an internal radio antenna that it has got. The final product was the result of severe hard work and research that was put in for months in looking for the best electronics and charging system. The assistance taken from Seattle consulting firm Anvil Studios also provided a helping hand to make the design a success.
Unlike previous models that were hand-assembled and bulky, this mouthguard encompasses the technology in compact mold. This part can then be coated with EVA discs to give it a custom look or over-molded with boiled and bitten EVA plastic.
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