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‘Intelligent’ Soccer Ball Makes Refereeing a Little Easier

by Jyle on December 28th, 2007

The new ‘intelligent’ soccer ball makes the refereeing a little easier by determining if the ball goes out of bounds. The Adidas company is producing these footballs for the upcoming World Cup in South Africa.

Source: Funniez

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david
Mar 14, 2008 at 6:26 pm

how does this intelligence work
Amanda
Mar 24, 2008 at 1:48 am

HORRIBLE
CJ
Mar 26, 2008 at 4:14 pm

How does it alert the referees about te ball going out of bounds? Will it say its out when olny part of the ball crosses the line?
na na a
Apr 10, 2008 at 5:13 pm

poopstain!
Jen
Apr 11, 2008 at 8:15 pm

how does it work
brad
Apr 12, 2008 at 9:53 pm

sounds cool but i think the reffs do a good job as it is……….how does it work
Barker
Apr 16, 2008 at 12:50 am

your mom knows how it works
Brendon
Apr 16, 2008 at 1:37 pm

This is so Stupid we pay the refs to do a good job and now they will work less for the same amount of money this is a joke adidas needs some help making soccer balls….

Stupid comes in all forms even the rich.
cesar
Apr 22, 2008 at 12:27 am

how does it even work adidas is just waisting even more money than for the regular ones but i have to admit it is a cool looking soccer ball
Hill
Apr 22, 2008 at 2:13 am

Well yeah reffs already do a good job but now people won’t be able to say the lost because of this or that. I think it will be cool.
aimee
Apr 23, 2008 at 11:35 pm

ask the referee.. thier the ones that make the decsion…
alyssa
Apr 29, 2008 at 4:14 pm

pretty cool but seems like it could be faulty…
what if it rains??
juan
May 13, 2008 at 7:29 pm

How does if work
katie
May 15, 2008 at 2:23 pm

how does it tell you when it goes out of bounds? does it make a sound or something!?
Jyle
May 15, 2008 at 4:24 pm

I think that it’s made to signal the referees if it goes out of bounds. Seems like it’ll cause more problems than it’s worth.

The NHL (National Hockey League) tried using sensors embedded into the pucks so that it would glow for viewers watching it on TV (like golf it’s hard to see the puck when it’s being slapped around), but the pucks just kept breaking apart when they got hit hard enough. Soccer balls take a beating to so I imagine they’ll have the same problems.
kyle30
Jun 5, 2008 at 7:06 pm

why do people keep trying to change sports by going to machine judgement instead of a actual person like how it was meant to be. this is a waste of money and time
megaloopay!932
Jun 7, 2008 at 12:20 pm

cool…does it really work tough???
Al
Jun 8, 2008 at 9:17 pm

It would be better if it detected bad calls…
Swoccer1722
Jun 25, 2008 at 8:06 pm

the ball seems cool but how much is it going to cost fifa and is it waterproof
ZK Soccerpro
Jul 11, 2008 at 4:28 am

I think this is a brilliant idea on adidas’ behalf.
This technology could then extend to other sports.

Referee’s are yelled at for many reasons but at a professional level moreso by coaches and out of all the complaints they receive “on field” directed from coaches out of bound calls equate to over 47% of complaints.

The technology is rumoured to work from pressure censers installed on the inside lining of the ball.
They are set to diameter opposed bearings that allows the ball to read level.
The linings of the field can either contain magnetic markers or laser markings which allow the ball to mark a crossing point.

If you look at the lining of the inside of the ball those “beams” are parallel on either side.
The suction points are magnets/readers. Once one of those pass the sideline/baseline the ball will create a reading once its opposing magnet/reader passes the same destination.

The reading would most likely be sent by radio wave/bluetooth technology (as duh!…there will be no cords) to possibly something like a wristband on the referees arm that vibrates or beeps letting them know the ball left the field of play.

ANY improvement in the assistance of aids for referees I am fully behind because it drops complaints from coaches and reduces the amount of stress referees have to deal with while doing their job.

A no excuses game is a good game.
carabear
Jul 17, 2008 at 7:57 pm

I think this is a great idea cause i was just in a tourney and the ref was hoorable he only called out of bounds if our team kicked it out mabey it will make soccer a whole lot easiear
carabear
Jul 17, 2008 at 7:57 pm

I think this is a great idea cause i was just in a tourney and the ref was hoorable he only called out of bounds if our team kicked it out mabey it will make soccer a whole lot easiear and alot more fun cause there would be no blameing the ref