Colbert Collision - Football Helmets and Concussions

This was the final project of a couple students in my Electronics class. They investigated how the amount of air pumped into a football helmet might affect the force felt by the brain during a collision.

We chose the head of Stephen Colbert because it made us laugh. It only took a little editing in Tinkercad to allow it to accommodate the sensor. In retrospect this was not the best head to print as Colbert’s hair when 3D printed doesn’t squish the way real hair would. For this project it worked out fine, but for a side impact would not be ideal.

I'll let Jack explain what he and Ian did for their project below.