Company:Jolt Sensor
| File:JoltLogo.png Jolt Sensor Logo | |
| Industry | Electronic Sports Sensor |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2014 in Boston, Massachusetts |
| Founders | Ben Harvatine, Seth Berg |
| Headquarters | Boston, Massachusetts, United States |
| Products | Jolt sports concussion sensor |
| Owner | Ben Harvatine (CEO), Jonathan Lin (VP Technology) |
| Website | http://www.joltsensor.com/ |
Jolt Sensor, founded in 2014 by two MIT graduates, is a company that produces wearable concussion sensors which aim to mitigate head injuries in athletes. These devices can be paired with electronic devices, such as a smartphone or laptop, and send data on impact sustained by the wearer of the sensor. The data can evaluate whether the impact was serious enough to induce a concussion.[1]
History
In 2014, Ben Harvatine and Seth Berg, both graduates from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, invented a wearable sensor that monitors impact and analyzes it to determine whether that impact is serious enough to cause injury. The Jolt sensor is designed to help sports medics determine whether or not an athlete is safe to continue to compete without risk of ignoring a concussion. Harvatine and Berg created the Jolt sensor during an engineering lab course at MIT after Harvatine had sustained a concussion during wrestling practice.[2]
In order to produce the capital to start their business, Harvatine and Berg started a fundraiser on Kickstarter, raising over $60,000 within 31 days.[3]
See also
- Shock detector
- Type I and type II errors
- Concussions in sport
- Cushioning
- Concussion grading systems
- Head injury criterion
- Football helmet
- Sudden Motion Sensor
- Head impact telemetry system
References
- ↑ Collins, Katie (August 28, 2014). "Sensor warns of concussion in young athletes". Wired.Co.UK. https://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2014-08/28/jolt-sensor.
- ↑ Russon, Mary-Ann (August 27, 2014). "MIT Students Invent Gadget to Detect Concussions in Young Athletes". International Business Times. https://www.yahoo.com/tech/mit-students-invent-gadget-to-detect-concussions-in-95944765704.html.
- ↑ McCarthy, Kyle (January 30, 2015). "Five Fabulous Fitness Wearables that Were Successfully Crowdfunded". The Huffington Post. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/kyle-mccarthy/five-fabulous-fitness-wea_b_6567882.html.
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