Despite increasing calls to improve athletic safety, only the most popular sports (e.g. American football) have seen significant progress. This project implements Internet-of-Things (IoT) devices on a bicycle helmet to collect critical data for assessing sustained head trauma. The team employed a three-axis accelerometer as well as force-sensitive resistors on an off-the-shelf Bontrager Rally WaveCel helmet to determine the G-force of impacts and pinpoint their location. The teams’ findings emphasize the pressing need for additional research in the athletic safety technology industry with respect to cycling.

• This report represents the work of one or more WPI undergraduate students submitted to the faculty as evidence of completion of a degree requirement. WPI routinely publishes these reports on its website without editorial or peer review.

Creator

• Beliveau, Amber
• Leveille, Nichole
• Choksey, Ruchita
• Andrade, Aaron

Subject

• Community
• Health
• Innovation
• Project-Based Learning

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-042622-132954
• 63856

Keyword

• IoT-Enables
• Sensors
• Wearables
• Helmets

Advisor

• Bhatia, Mehul A.
• Pahlavan, Kaveh

Year

• 2022

UN Sustainable Development Goals

• 3 - Good Health and Well-being
• 9 - Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure

Date created

• 2022-04-26

Resource type

• Major Qualifying Project

Major

• Mechanical Engineering

Rights statement

• In Copyright