EPFL and the award two new entrepreneurial projects
Summary
Each award provides 100 000 CHF to the winning venture, as well as access to staff and translational resources at both institutions, towards the acceleration of a technology to market. Repeated head impact in contact sports can lead to a neurodegenerative disease known as Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE). Bearmind’s system, which comprises sensors incorporated into a sports helmet, is designed to collect data on the force and location of an impact and motion of the head. State-of-the-art algorithms and cloud-based software analyze head impacts in real-time and provide live alerts allowing staff on the side-line to evaluate and react to injuries as they happen. Mathieu Falbriard, PhD, said: “Over the past two decades, neurodegenerative disease has been observed in the brains of former athletes exposed to repetitive mild head impacts during their career.