Rugby Ball Meets Web-Cam

comcn writes "What do you get when you cross a rugby ball with a web-cam? The BBC have an article about a polytechnic in New Zealand that is in the process of creating a camera that is small and light enough to fit inside a rugby ball. Boy, are you going to get a headache when watching rugby on TV now."

Comments

Dizzy

[Anonymous Coward]

I'm so dizzy, my world is spinning,
because I am watching the rugby on the TV,
and the ball keeps on a spinning,
and oh dear, mud on the camera lens already...

If you didnt know

[isorox]

Rugby is kind of like American Football, except tough. Theres no pamby helmets, no 5 foot thick shoulder pads, no 3 minutes breaks every 3 seconds. etc. etc. Just a pure blood bath.

how exciting

[Juln]

As usual, the rest of the media has already been trumped by the porn industry (the legendary (...) Dildo Cam!! Second only to the X10).
I can't imagine the view from the ball being particulary entertaining, compared to actually being able to see what the hell is going on.

Blurry images.

[PopeAlien]

So far, the camera is only able to produce a faint blurry black-and-white image.

Gee. I cant wait until it can produce hi-rez full color faint blurry images.. What a scientific advance!

While you're at it...

[trilucid]

As long as we're gonna go around modding out rugby balls to give us "most excellent" visual shots, why not continue with this new tradition of improving on the game...

You could place internally stabilizing gyroscopes inside the thing to ensure the "always perfect" pass. Heck, if you're gonna do that, why not mod it out with anti-intercept electronic countermeasures too? Opposing player tryin' to snag the ball? No worries, mate... it's packing more punch than a hand-held taser.

Geez, this game could be really fun. :)

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First Photos of modded rugby ball

[Anonymous Coward]

Look here for one of the first pictures of a rugby ball with video camera capabilities...

Other sport cams

[marble]

Wasn't it the BBC who had a snooker cue camera a while ago? ISTR it worked quite well until the player chalked it...

Re:What's next?

[Anonymous Coward]

What's next? Anything, the floodgates are open now..they -might- even put a blue comet-tail on hockey pucks in televised games, for all we know.

instability of the universe?

[_ganja_]

I'd never thought I'd see the day when a geek site was arguing if football or rugby players are "harder".

Of course I hope you understand that in order to maintain ballance in the universe there are two prop forwards sitting in a bar drinking Jolt and arguing if the Cube will kick the ass of the Xbox.