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Protect
A honeycomb-pattern shock-absorbing structure reduces impact force.
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HiveGuard
Smart Protection. Safe Minds. Confident Play.
HiveGuard brings impact-focused helmet design, EEG sensing, and AI-assisted neural risk insight into one evolving sports helmet system.
Our motivation
A hockey career changed by concussions.
After a severe concussion ended his older brother Qiushi’s 13-year AAA hockey career in the GTHL, Qianhao began HiveGuard to rethink athlete protection. What started with one family’s experience became a student-led mission to combine smarter impact protection with brain-signal monitoring. Our vision is a future where athletes never have to choose between the sport they love and their long-term health.
How HiveGuard works
Three layers.One integrated system.
The world’s first smart, sports-ready helmet.
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Detect
A 16-channel integrated EEG system measures brain signals immediately after a hit.
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Alert
A deep learning model detects abnormal changes and outputs a risk score in the mobile app.
Mobile app
HiveGuard Mobile App
Alerts, insights, and player history in one place.
Real-Time Alerts
Notifications for significant impacts and changes in brain activity.
AI Suggestions
Personalized insights informed by each athlete’s history.
Data Analytics
Impact trends and reports to share with medical professionals.
Player Dashboard
An individual view of impact history and recovery timelines.
Built through iteration
Three years. Six generations.One problem.
Explore the prototypes, research, and milestones that shaped each version.
V1.0
ShotGuardImpact sensing and mobile alertsV2.0
HiveGuard takes shape.Honeycomb protection meets EEGV2.1
From research to product.Comfort, testing, and player feedbackV2.2
Inside a familiar helmet.A fitted liner for hockey helmetsV3.0
A new approach to sensing.Compliant dry electrodes and AI evaluationV3.1
A modular platform.Modular integration and compact electronics
ShotGuardImpact sensing and mobile alertsV2.0HiveGuard takes shape.Honeycomb protection meets EEGV2.1From research to product.Comfort, testing, and player feedbackV2.2Inside a familiar helmet.A fitted liner for hockey helmetsV3.0A new approach to sensing.Compliant dry electrodes and AI evaluationV3.1A modular platform.Modular integration and compact electronicsSee how we got here.
Go behind the prototypes: the photos, testing, and milestones that shaped every generation.
Validation
Awards and recognition
2025
ACM/IEEE Symposium on Edge Computing (SEC) 2025
2nd placeStudent Research Competition · Sole high-school presenter
2026
Conrad Challenge China
Gold · 2nd place2nd out of 73 teams
2026
York Region Science & Technology Fair
Best in Health & WellnessHealth & Wellness category winner
2026
DECA International Career Development Conference (ICDC) · Innovation Plan
3rd placeOut of 200+ competitors
Where it began: ShotGuard won 3rd place in the Youth Team category at the 2023 MIT App Inventor Summer Appathon.
Published research
02 papersACM/IEEE SEC · 2025
Demo paperHiveGuard: Honeycomb-Structured Helmet with Embedded EEG System
Honeycomb protection, multi-channel EEG, and low-latency on-device analysis with EEGConvTrans.
IEEE ICCE · 2026
System & evaluation paperHoneycomb-Inspired Concussion Protection Helmet with Intelligent EEG Feedback System
The integrated helmet design, 16-channel EEG system, structural testing, and controlled-task model evaluation.
Film / product overview
See HiveGuard in action.
Discover the technology, motivation, and vision behind HiveGuard.
01 / Introduction
Meet HiveGuard
02 / Promotional film
The HiveGuard Story
Built with the hockey community
From community experienceto better protection.
Product ambassador
Kevin He
NHL Winnipeg Jets Prospect
Community interviews
Youth hockey players
Five perspectives from players with experience across AA, AAA, OHL, and NHL development pathways.
Hockey coach
Chris Malkhassian
Head Coach of the Toronto Jr. Canadiens U15 AAA
Coach Malkhassian highlights the critical challenge coaches face: making real-time decisions about head injuries without medical professionals on the bench.
“If you remove a player for suspected concussion, that player is automatically locked into a multi-day protocol, even if they turn out to be completely fine. So coaches are constantly balancing two real risks: being overly cautious and unnecessarily sidelining a healthy player, or assuming everything is fine when you're wrong.”
On helmets and safety equipment, Coach Malkhassian emphasizes that parents will invest in safety when trust is earned through clear certification, third-party validation, league acceptance, and real data. The biggest opportunity comes from helping reduce uncertainty and supporting better, faster, more confident decisions for coaches and parents in critical moments.
Community conversations
Meetings with investors
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Dawei Zhang
- Senior Executive at a Fortune Global 500 company and a Top 10 global telecom operator, with 15 years of experience.
- Chief Operating Officer at an IT startup, with 10 years of experience.
- Angel Investor in the IT sector, with 5 years of experience.
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Jennifer Zhu
- Portfolio Manager with 15+ years of experience in asset management, overseeing global large-cap equities and multi-asset strategies.
- Former Vice President, Fundamental Equities at TD Asset Management.
Team / partners
Meet the team behindHiveGuard.
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Qianhao Han
CEO
Leads vision, strategy, and external partnerships. Experienced in EEG research, deep-learning model development, and international robotics and AI competitions.
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Ryan Zhang
CTO
Oversees hardware architecture, circuit design, and embedded systems, with years of experience building high-precision electronics for robotics and BCI projects.
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Daniel Zha
CFO
Oversees financial planning, budgeting, and business strategy, drawing on a background in robotics and business competitions.
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Alex Song
COO
Leads operations, coordinates testing, and supports day-to-day execution across the team.Partners
Organizations supporting the work.
HiveGuard has learned alongside schools, clubs, and the wider hockey community.
