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Super Bowl players' custom helmets start with a 3D scan

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Pro-football players are increasingly wearing bespoke helmets that match the contours of their heads down to a half-millimeter.
This year some Super Bowl players will wear a new type of helmet 8:19 PM ET Fri, 2 Feb 2018 | 00:53
At the Super Bowl on Sunday, 20 players will hit the field wearing Riddell Precision-Fit helmets. What’s special about this gear is that they fit the contours of the athlete’s head — down to the half-millimeter.
Riddell, which has been making helmets and other protective sports gear since 1929, unveiled the technology behind its Precision Fit helmets in early 2017. This season, 150 NFL players wore the protective gear.
The company starts by sending a technician to take multiple 3D light scans of a player’s head. One scan is done of the player while they wear a tight neoprene hood. Another is performed with the player wearing a helmet at the exact angle they like to wear it during a game.

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