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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. Re:Please build in a GPS by hearingaid · · Score: 2, Troll

    That's actually the opposite of what they want.

    They want a view of the scrum from the underneath. One of the problems with rugby on tv is that it's really hard to follow what's going on in the scrum.

    So if there's a camera on the ball itself, you get to see inside the scrum.

    Which unfortunately will probably mean quite a few crotch shots :)

    Hmmm, perhaps this will help boost rugby's female viewership. (More likely, it'll boost women's rugby. Huh.)

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  2. Re:wow! by Karma+50 · · Score: 0, Troll


    To continue ...

    I didn't find the penis-cam and vagina-cam weren't very erotic ... I'm sure the porn industry would be able to sell something similar to some people ... what ever turns you on!!

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  3. Re:blocking/knee tacklin happen all the time in Ru by dEaTh_ChUrCh · · Score: 0, Troll

    Mate, don't bother trying to explain to these fuckwits(Yanks), anything that is not popular inside of the bubble world they live in is inferior.

    If you look up Sport in Websters (why do the Yanks need an different English Dictionary?) it will say, 99% Advertising 1% Sport.