Gel-filled liner absorbs energy of impacts, may reduce sports-related head injuries
Web edition : Wednesday, May 16th, 2012
There is no such thing as a good smack to the head.
Whether you ski down a mountain, play football, or skate with the big boys on a hockey rink, you?re at risk of a sports-related head injury. But the statistics of injuries related to bicycling are what inspired Claire Longcroft, a 16-year-old 11th-grader at Collingwood School in West Vancouver, British Columbia, to design an energy-absorbing liner for helmets.
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