Samsung launches brainBAND project to track head trauma in sport

Samsung Australia has announced a project they’ve called brainBAND which is to help spot head injuries in contact sport and monitor the ongoing effects like concussion.

In seeking to find a solution to one of the biggest issues in sport, Samsung has created a new prototype accessory to help track head injuries as they occur in high impact sports. Players will wear the band during training and while playing contact sports and it will send real time data to connected Samsung devices: watches, tablets and phones. The data sent from the band will show a series of LEDs that signal how hard hit impact of a hit is.

Industrial designer and tech entrepreneur Braden Wilson worked with Neuroscientist and Sports Concussion Researcher Associate Professor Alan Pearce to develop the prototype.

The data is stored on the devices and can be retrieved during a game, and is also logged for the entire career of the player to monitor how many hits they’ve received and the extent of the damage on their head.

Although it is still only a prototype at this time, Wilson and Pearce have had successful trial runs so far. When Samsung puts it on the market, their intention is to make it affordable for players and coaches at all levels even though demand will be high.

Rugby, which has been the focus of the prototype so far, is one of the most popular sports in Australia and head injuries have become a topic of significant conversation among those involved in the game.

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