Welcome to the Engineering Update. In this week’s episode:

Headgear Monitors Concussions

Samsung has unveiled a prototype wearable headgear that could help athletes monitor concussions. Dubbed the “BrainBand,” this headgear uses smart technology to assess and transmit the extent of the head trauma in contact sports.

Using Tomatoes to Generate Electricity

In a new pilot project, researchers based in several American institutions are exploring a biological-based fuel cell that uses tomato waste from harvests in Florida.

BBC Distributes Free Micro:Bit Computers to Kids

Last year BBC announced the micro:bit, a pocket-sized programmable device aimed at encouraging young people to code, and has begun delivering up to a million of the mini computers to school children in the UK for free.