Mon, 22 Aug 2016 14:38:08 -0400

Using crabs to catch footballs: Ex-NFL player develops GripBoost for tacky gloves

Former football player Matt Furstenburg created his product Gripboost, designed to keep gloves tacky, using a polymer derived from crab shells.

Tim Newcomb

Friday June 24th, 2016

Former University of Maryland and Baltimore Ravens tight end Matt Furstenburg knows all about catching footballs with popular tacky gloves. He also knows that the tackiness doesn't last, so he turned to the University of Maryland chemical and bimolecular engineering department for answers.

And being that we’re talking about Baltimore, then-students Chanda Arya, now with his doctorate, and Kevin Diehn, were already involved in research with a polymer derived from crab shells.

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