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Open up the gamut. pete: another issue going all the way down to the peewee level not just pro-the safety, the brain injuries. the safety of the helmet, players. a lot of players care about that. clock our correspondent actually just took a look at work that's gone on now to develop a better football helmet to make sure your kids are safe. take a quick look at this and we will react on the other side. >> in a warehouse north of san francisco, brain guards, team of engineers led by neuroscientist dr. robert knight bashes a prototype football helmet from every angle hitting it again and again to...

Absorbent padding and rubber struts that act as shock across sorers. wherever the helmet is hit, only the outer shell moves. it mitigates the amount of force that goes to the inner shell that goes directly to your skull and brain. reporter: the twisting and turning of the brain caused by severe blows to the head. when tests, the amount of force was reduced. >> the hell amendment is the -- the helmet is the last line of defense. reporter: eventually they will become standard equipment for football, hockey baseball and

Absorbers. no matter where the helmet is hit, only the outer shell moves. >> every time it does that, and it moves, the struts are absorbing some of the force, mitigating the amount of force that goes to the inner shell, which then of course goes directly to your skull into your brain. >> the design specifically addresses rotational force injuries. the twisting and turning of the brain caused by severe blows to the head. when tested against other helmets, they said the amount of rotational force was reduced by 25% to 45%. parents and coaches welcome any safety improvements. >> the helmet is ac...