Every day, people find new places where they shouldn't fly drones. Earlier this week, it was the White House grounds. Before that, a meth-smuggling remote control copter crashed just south of San Diego. There are even maps of where not to fly drones. Now, in a new, short PSA, the Federal Aviation Administration very clearly says where not to fly: the Super Bowl
On Saturday, the Carolina Panthers and Seattle Seahawks will meet for a NFC divisional playoff game at CenturyLink Field in downtown Seattle. But while football fans across the country watch the showdown, a team of scientists from the Pacific Northwest Seismic Network (PNSN) will be keeping an eye on a different part of the action--testing an earthquake early warning system with the (inadvertent) help of Seahawks fans.
For decades, football players have worn rigid, unyielding helmets that protected the skull but did little to prevent concussions. To address this shortcoming, Riddell built a smarter helmet. Available to NFL and college teams, and soon youth and high school players, the new SpeedFlex is designed to diminish the impact forces of a hard hit. It will also alert coaches on the sideline if a blow was powerful enough to potentially cause a head injury. At a time when the sport has been hammered with bad news, this might be a game changer.
A team of engineers has built a prototype tracker for a different kind of football than what's in the news right now. The tracker overcomes one major difference between American football and soccer—the fact that in football, sometimes you have a half-dozen big guys pile on top of the ball.
A team of engineers has built a prototype tracker for a different kind of football than what's in the news right now. The tracker overcomes one major difference between American football and soccer—the fact that in football, sometimes you have a half-dozen big guys pile on top of the ball.
