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Tuesday, November 28, 2006
Chips in Balls
By Tangotiger, 01:14 PM
http://www.usatoday.com/sports/soccer/world/2006-11-27-smartball_x.htm
Ten years ago, Fox launched the Fox Puck, to track where the puck was at all times. What they did with the technology (real-time floating lights, trail blazing shots) was silly. But, to track where the puck is at all times was beyond fantastic. Embed GPS on players’ sweaters, and you have a gold mine. The same for soccer, football, and baseball. Combine that with video games’ player motions, and you are near perfection. Add in a reality show that tracks what players do after hours, and you will have the complete model.
When will the revolution start?
• Sabermetrics
• Data
In my younger days (I’m talking the ‘70’s), I was a child care worker with disabled kids, including blind kids. We had a softball that beeped for the blind kids, so they could at least tell where the ball was and reach out for it. They loved it.
If we could do that sort of thing back then, just imagine what could be done today.