"Developed by the health company Klick Health in collaboration with The Snow League, the Crash Patch is a first-of-its-kind helmet sticker that's designed to alert athletes if they've taken a major blow to the head. Previously, this kind of shock-detection capability has mainly been incorporated directly into high-tech helmet designs for football teams, making them expensive and difficult to access for most athletes."
"This sticker concept-which is not yet commercially available-could eventually make head impact detection accessible and intuitive for athletes in any helmet-based sport, at any level."
"The concept for the Crash Patch started with Kate Maldjian, an associate creative director at Klick Health who skateboards in her free time. 'When I'm skateboarding, I fall all the time,' Maldjian says. 'I'm wearing a helmet, but sometimes I don't know how heavy the impact is.'"
The Crash Patch is an innovative helmet sticker technology designed to alert athletes when they experience significant head impacts. Developed by Klick Health in collaboration with The Snow League, a professional winter sports league founded by Shaun White, the technology was tested during a halfpipe competition at Buttermilks Ski Resort in Aspen, Colorado in late February. Unlike existing head impact detection systems that are expensive and integrated into high-tech helmets for professional football teams, the Crash Patch sticker concept offers an affordable, accessible alternative for athletes at any level in any helmet-based sport. The technology originated from Kate Maldjian, an associate creative director at Klick Health who recognized the need for impact detection while skateboarding.
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