Redefining safety through passive, real-time protection powered by wearables.
Event FigBuild 2026 Design-A-Thon
Team Seylon Versalles-Shiggs & Thadar Htet
My Role UX/UI Design, Concept Development
Tools Figma Make, Figma, Claude Code
Timeline 72 hours
Deliverables Concept system, three interactive prototypes, research-backed presentation
The Problem
Female athletes experience significantly higher ACL injury rates than males in many sports due to a combination of biomechanical, anatomical, and hormonal factors. Many of these injuries occur during non-contact movements such as landing, cutting, or pivoting, where neuromuscular control and proprioception play a critical role in stabilizing the knee joint.
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(Groner, 2018; Sherman et al., 2024) (Ntanasis-Stathopoulos et al., 2013; Kacprzak et al., 2024). (Ntanasis-Stathopoulos et al., 2013; Kacprzak et al., 2024).
Our Solution
The Athena System
Athena is a three-component Augmented Proprioception system designed to detect biomechanical breakdown and guide safer training decisions.
Athena Sleeve
During on-field or on-court training, athletes wear the Athena Sleeve, which augments proprioception through subtle sensory haptic feedback that helps correct unstable movement patterns in real time.
Athena Pod
For weight training sessions, athletes step into the Athena Pod for a rapid scan assessing joint stability, fatigue, and strength readiness. The system then recommends personalized training plans.
Athena App
Insights from both components are delivered through the Athena App, allowing athletes, coaches, and training staff to monitor asymmetry, fatigue, and injury risk over time and set performance goals.
Explore Athena
Athena Pod Interface
What athletes see when they step out of the Pod. After a rapid pre-session scan, the interface surfaces three body insights - joint instability level, loading symmetry, and hamstring fatigue — alongside a Movement Stability Score and three personalized training focus points for that session.
Athena Coach Dashboard
The tablet-optimized team view. Coaches see team readiness at a glance — average score, high-fatigue athletes, injury risk flags, and scan compliance — then drill into any individual athlete for cycle tracking, movement asymmetry, and individual training planning. Data access is limited to what each athlete has explicitly shared.
Athena Athlete App
The athlete-facing mobile experience. The dashboard shows the readiness score, live load asymmetry, joint stability, and left/right balance which are all pulled from her morning Pod scan. Designed to give athletes a clear, non-alarming read of their body before they step onto the field.
Designing for trust, not anxiety
Athlete-controlled data
Biometric data is encrypted and athlete-owned. Coaches access only what the athlete explicitly shares. Recruiters, scouts, and insurers are permanently blocked from the data layer. Athletes can delete their full history at any time.
Actionable, not alarming
Athena doesn't diagnose injury. It signals biomechanical risk. Onboarding educates athletes on what each haptic pattern means, separating normal fatigue cues from meaningful instability signals. Athletes can enable Focus Mode during competition to reduce haptic sensitivity when full concentration is needed.
Signal, not diagnosis
Persistent risk flags prompt a recommendation to consult a certified athletic trainer — not a clinical conclusion. The system is designed to complement professional judgment, not replace it.
FigBuild 2026 · Speculative Design · Wearable UX
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Athena
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Biomechanical wearable ecosystem for ACL injury prevention in female athletes.