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title: "HeadX head impact monitoring: case study | Fluff"
description: "HeadX needed accurate, real-time head impact data on the touchline and proper analysis afterwards."
url: https://www.fluff.software/work/headx/
updated: 2026-10-23
publisher: Fluff Software
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# HeadX: monitoring head impacts in youth sport, from headband to report

HeadX needed accurate, real-time head impact data on the touchline and proper analysis afterwards. We built the whole chain: headband firmware, a pitch-side app and a web app for review.

Firmware, mobile and web

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- **Client:** HeadX, brain health monitoring

- **Built:** Headband firmware, mobile app and web analytics app

- **Key call:** Design the pitch-side app with coaches and medics

- **Data:** Real-time head acceleration over Bluetooth

## The situation

Head impacts and concussion are a growing worry in contact sports, especially for young players. HeadX needed a system that measured head acceleration accurately in real time, was easy to use on the touchline and gave coaches, parents and medical staff detailed analysis afterwards.

## What we questioned first

- **What do people need in the moment?** We worked with coaches and medical professionals so the pitch-side app shows the right information at a glance, monitors several players at once and alerts on dangerous impacts.
- **What can’t we afford to lose?** Impact data. The firmware was built to minimise data loss and to be efficient enough to last a full match.
- **Where does it go next?** Built so the data can join wider athlete management systems as the product grows.

## What we built

Firmware for the headband’s accelerometers, a mobile app receiving data over Bluetooth in real time, and a web app for reviewing each player’s impact history, comparing players and sharing reports with medical professionals.

## What changed

An integrated system across hardware, mobile and web that gives coaches, parents and medical staff the information they need to make decisions about a young player’s safety.

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