Since soccer refs obviously have such difficulty discerning a player being tripped from a player taking a dive, these anti-diving shin guards were an inevitability. They use both proximity and impact sensors to determine a trip: when both sensors are activated, a foul is called — but not otherwise. IEEE has a collection of this and other game-changing surveillance technologies here.
Mr Biggles
Friday, May 20, 2011 at 2:11 PMAbout bloody time…
Ha
Saturday, May 21, 2011 at 12:21 AMI’ll just have to trip you by only hitting one foot.
Chris
Saturday, May 21, 2011 at 9:02 AMI think he means both sensors on the pad so eg: proximity and impact sensor both have to go off to confirm a foul not just the impact for instance so your one leg trip would still be called mate, unless a sensor failed :)
great thing
Saturday, May 21, 2011 at 9:15 AMThat would be good.