A football helmet design that listens to physics
From: R&D Magazine - 02/09/2016

A shock-absorbing football helmet system being developed at the University of
Michigan could blunt some dangerous physics that today's head protection
ignores.

The engineering researchers making the system, called Mitigatium, were
recently funded by a group that includes the National Football League. Their
early prototype could lead to a lightweight and affordable helmet that
effectively dissipates the energy from hit after hit on the field. Current
helmets can't do this, and that's one of the reasons they aren't very good at
preventing brain injury.

Read the entire article at:
http://www.rdmag.com/news/2016/02/football-helmet-design-listens-physics

Links:
A football helmet design that listens to physics (with video 3:47)
http://ns.umich.edu/new/multimedia/videos/23450-a-football-helmet-design-that-listens-to-physics

Design of Armor for Protection against Blast and Impact
http://www-personal.umich.edu/~thouless/Tanaz%282015%29.pdf