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Rugby Ball Meets Web-Cam

Posted by Hemos on from the cross-breeding dept.

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."

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  1. Battery power by _ganja_ · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I wonder if there is a way of powering the camera using the balls own inertia? Kinda like the wrist watches that don't use batteries and don't have to be wound? Maybe that technology is behind current battery technology but the ball certainly will do a lot of moving.

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    1. Re:Battery power by mmol_6453 · · Score: 2, Interesting

      The only problem is you'd be taking energy out of the ball's spin, and that would affect the trajectory.

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