Gallery: The Zero1 Flexible Football Helmet May Save Players' Brains

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    Vicis is a company that's attempting to design a helmet that will help prevent concussions.
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    The Seattle company worked with design studio Artefact to create a helmet that looked like the old-school versions, but is packed with new technology.
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    The helmet is comprised of four layers.
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    The outside of a helmet is made of a flexible plastic that bends upon contact.
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    The core layer has hundreds of polymer columns that bend upon impact and then snap back.
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