Soon we’ll see this technology deployed to high school gyms across the land, and that will be fine and dandy, because the mish-mash of lines that currently clutter up gymnasiums confused me to no end when I was a high school athlete back in the day.
Currently, the apparent leader in this technology is a Dutch company called LEDSSPORTS. The lines can be made visible or invisible depending on the sport, which will lead to at least a slight decrease in the confusion that naturally forms during a high school sporting event.
As with all things futurisitcally whimsical, price and availability are coming soon. [Gizmag]
Mike
Monday, September 12, 2011 at 5:11 PMCould also be useful for ‘did the ball/foot/sheep cross the line’ checks.
Jester
Tuesday, September 13, 2011 at 9:58 AMSheep!!! What game are you playing that involves sheep? Are you from New Zealand by any chance?!
Andre
Monday, September 12, 2011 at 5:42 PMCould be the invent of some great new games / training methods themselves – especially for improving your reflexes (if you had to chase a dot, or had moving goals. ) Would also be cool for a game to have a slowly rotating court…
Andrew
Monday, September 12, 2011 at 7:20 PM“Would also be cool for a game to have a slowly rotating court…”
That’s what alcohol is for.
Mick
Monday, September 12, 2011 at 7:52 PMso the crack is for the rapidly rotating court?
Lucas
Monday, September 12, 2011 at 9:06 PMMoving goals? Sounds like you’re a disgruntled software developer. Managers are always moving the goal posts. It’s not fun for anyone but the person moving them.