First of all spinning is for hacks and people who don't really play foosball.
The project was an intresting one that seemed like fun to do. I would have prefered to use an optical light source and sensor rather than the mechanical devices to sense the ball scoring. As for the rest it would seem that a simple database program written in Visual Basic or C++ would work better than what you could do with director or what ever program he used. The card reader is unnessecary, but it is a neat idea, a fingerprint reader however would be better. Players could just sign in on a computer screen to keep the costs down. A computer is required for the system anyway.
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Any table for $60 is not a real table anyway.
First of all spinning is for hacks and people who don't really play foosball. The project was an intresting one that seemed like fun to do. I would have prefered to use an optical light source and sensor rather than the mechanical devices to sense the ball scoring. As for the rest it would seem that a simple database program written in Visual Basic or C++ would work better than what you could do with director or what ever program he used. The card reader is unnessecary, but it is a neat idea, a fingerprint reader however would be better. Players could just sign in on a computer screen to keep the costs down. A computer is required for the system anyway.