A new machine being developed by researchers at Idaho State University will spit out hockey pucks at 100 miles per hour to test protective gear.
The machine, being constructed by the ISU Department of Robotics and Communications Systems Engineering Technology as part of a $111,000 entrepreneurial grant from the Idahoan government, will replicate and measure the impact of a fast-moving hockey puck.
It’s being developed in partnership with Boise-based startup Fi-Ber Sports, whose line of gear, HOPlite Skate Armor, uses a patented technology that helps protect skaters from injury.