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January 27, 2012: Anderson Cooper speaks with Dr. Sanjay Gupta about the devastating brain injuries caused by hard hits on the field….. Read More

January 09, 2012: In an unusual technology transfer trend, biosensors originally developed for the game of American football offer life-saving potential for workers in the petroleum industry. The biosensors, which fit under hardhats, detect the risk of heat stroke before it strikes…. Read More

August 05, 2011: It’s August, the month when mothers of football-playing teenage boys have to make peace — or not — with fears of heat stroke. Starting now, your young lineman’s mornings or evenings, or both, are consumed with grueling, exhausting practices… Read More

August 02, 2011: The Medical Examiner in Collin County says heart issues associated with heat exposure killed a football coach on the football field at Prestonwood Christian Academy Monday morning…
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May 15, 2011: A 16-year-old boy has died while exercising with his teammates on a football team for homeschooled children in North Carolina. Paramedics said someone called 911 on Thursday evening and said a teen had collapsed from the heat… Read More

May 02, 2011: IDENTEC GROUP AG, the leading global RFID solutions provider, has acquired 100% of Hothead Technologies, Inc. In conjunction with the acquisition, Peter Linke, was appointed President and CEO of Hothead Technologies. …Read More

Hothead Technologies, makers of the H.O.T. System; a wireless sensing device that monitors skin temperature of football players from inside their helmet, as well as headband applications for observing personnel in industrial and governmental industries, are celebrating their first technology award…Read More

May 11, 2011: Testifying Tuesday in the manslaughter trial, Dickson said he personally sees dozens of patients each year who are suffering from symptoms caused by excess heat… Read More

March 08, 2011: A Locust Grove High School football player was the second Georgia player to die on Tuesday, following the death of a South Georgia student at a football camp, and officials are trying to determine the effects of hot weather on both players…. Read More

December 17, 2010 My interest in heatstroke has existed for about 25 and a half years. I had a heatstroke myself when I was 16 years old competing in a 10K race on the track in Buffalo, (N.Y.,) in 1985. On the final lap I went down… Read More

Oct 26, 2010 Doctors may never know precisely what killed open water swimmer Fran Crippen, the 26-year-old who died during a race in Abu Dhabi over the weekend, but they agree that strenuous exercise in hot water could result in fatal heat stroke… Read More

For the first time in football history, Hoover High School goes high tech to protect the safety of their football players by gearing them up with the new H.O.T. System from Hothead Sports (A Division of Hothead Technologies)…Read More

August 27, 2009The system, called Heat Observation Technology (HOT), is based on a small electric thermometer called a thermistor. It’s a spoon-size device made of various metals whose electrical resistance varies with temperature shifts. The thermistor is inserted under the forehead pad of a standard helmet…Read More

The relationship between Schutt Sports and Hothead Technologies continues to build momentum as today, former NFL great, Tim Brown endorses the H.O.T. System. Brown who experienced a successful career in the NFL for 17 years spoke about his bouts with heat exhaustion…Read More

February 02, 2009 Last Monday, first-year Kentucky high school football coach David Jason Stinson pleaded not guilty to charges of reckless homicide in the death of Max Gilpin, a 15-year-old offensive lineman. Gilpin collapsed Aug. 20 while running sprints with the team on a day when the heat index reached 94 degrees…
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