shock sensors and pressure sensors imbedded into headgear could be used to assess damage during sports.

For boxers it would add interest to know percisely how hard a punch was. but also with sports in general a record of how much foce was applied and how much the head moved might be useful to doctors in assessing the trauma.
-- bob, Jan 28 2019

Also another betting metric. An accelerometer with a high sampling rate could show the finer deteriorating head movements throughout the fight. A clear indication of tiredness or something more sinister.
-- wjt, Jan 28 2019


[+]
-- Voice, Jan 28 2019


[+] The top levels of boxing should have enough money to get this done down to the level of the small gyms.
-- wjt, Jan 28 2019


Bleeding from the nostrils and ears is a good indicator of excessive impact force, shirley ?
-- 8th of 7, Jan 28 2019



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