Well, balls don't stay spherical, of course, but I doubt that's the problem.

To know the ball had crossed the line in its entirety, you'd have to have the chip exactly in the middle of the ball, and I think that'd be difficult to do without significantly altering the physics of the thing.

Posted By: Arizona Bay on June 30th 2010 at 16:39:34

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Assume I'm being slow, but (Other Football) - Tricky Hawes, Jun 30, 16:36:26
- What about a combination of Hawkeye and a load of chips in the ball (Other Football) - Huge Small, Jun 30, 17:15:24
- Why not make the whole ball out of a chip? (n/m) (Other Football) - CB41, Jun 30, 17:14:59
  - is anyone else getting hungry for some chips? (n/m) (Other Football) - matt in london, Jun 30, 17:23:17
    - mmmmmmmmm chips (Other Football) - Old Git, Jun 30, 17:28:48
- unless the chipis exactly in the middle of the ball (Other Football) - Ralf Scrampton, Jun 30, 16:41:32
  - Wouldn't make any difference if the chip WAS in the middle of the ball (Other Football) - Old Git, Jun 30, 17:08:58
    - Durr. (n/m) (Other Football) - Tricky Hawes, Jun 30, 17:23:56
    - Fail. (n/m) (Other Football) - Arizona Bay, Jun 30, 17:11:42
      - So the ball is 20cm in diameter, say. All you check is that the chip is 10cm or more over (Other Football) - Arizona Bay, Jun 30, 17:13:00
      - Yes (Other Football) - Old Git, Jun 30, 17:12:46
  - yes. So you put the chip in the centre of the ball (Other Football) - Tricky Hawes, Jun 30, 16:44:31
    - if you put two chips on opposite sides of the ball (Other Football) - matt in london, Jun 30, 17:12:52
      - No - Johnnycomecardiff did this one earlier. (Other Football) - Arizona Bay, Jun 30, 17:16:30
        
        would this solve that problem? (Other Football) - Ralf Scrampton, Jun 30, 17:20:01
        
        Cor. I don't know. What if the ball is spinning as it goes into the net? (Other Football) - Arizona Bay, Jun 30, 17:22:14
        
        ooh, good point about the spinning... (Other Football) - Ralf Scrampton, Jun 30, 17:27:42
        
        I tell you what though (Other Football) - Old Git, Jun 30, 17:18:00
        
        that's the picture i was after when i found this (Other Football) - Ralf Scrampton, Jun 30, 17:20:58
      - Or (Other Football) - Old Git, Jun 30, 17:15:15
    - In a way which is robust enough to withstand 90 minutes worth of Doherty standard hoof (Other Football) - Arizona Bay, Jun 30, 16:56:07
      - so they say (Other Football) - Ralf Scrampton, Jun 30, 17:01:13
        
        Fair enough. If they reckon it'll do it. (Other Football) - Arizona Bay, Jun 30, 17:08:15
        
        After the match the losing team would insist on the ball being dissected to check the (Other Football) - Old Git, Jun 30, 17:11:16
        
        Unless they implement my secondary chip idea as expressed. (Other Football) - Arizona Bay, Jun 30, 17:17:58
        
        this is quite pens (Other Football) - camcan, Jun 30, 17:12:17
        
        "sub second tracking" (Other Football) - Old Git, Jun 30, 17:13:47
        
        harsh (Other Football) - camcan, Jun 30, 17:15:32
    - The ball is full of air (Other Football) - jamesward, Jun 30, 16:52:40
      - I was thinking a series of fine filament threads, securing the chip (Other Football) - Arizona Bay, Jun 30, 17:00:13
        
        hare goo (Other Football) - Ralf Scrampton, Jun 30, 17:06:37
        
        Get the fuck in - that's exactly what I just said. Professor Arizona Bay. (Other Football) - Arizona Bay, Jun 30, 17:11:17
        
        INTP (Other Football) - camcan, Jun 30, 17:14:34
        
        Brilliant. I've been Myers-Briggsed and I didn't even notice. (n/m) (Other Football) - Arizona Bay, Jun 30, 17:23:29
        
        worryingly (Other Football) - camcan, Jun 30, 17:31:45
        
        I bet sites like this are statistically significantly more attractive to INTPs (Other Football) - Arizona Bay, Jun 30, 17:33:08
        
        I just did an online Myers-Briggs and came out as INTJ (Other Football) - Arizona Bay, Jun 30, 17:41:09
        
        yep I can see you as an Ada Lovelace (Other Football) - camcan, Jun 30, 17:44:43
        
        Yes, generalist horseshit. (Other Football) - Arizona Bay, Jun 30, 17:46:57
        
        What the hell are you on about? (n/m) (Other Football) - Huge Small, Jun 30, 17:54:52
        
        THis. (Other Football) - Arizona Bay, Jun 30, 17:57:30
      - worst wind up ever this (n/m) (Other Football) - SCC 28, Jun 30, 16:53:49
    - are you joking? (n/m) (Other Football) - SCC 28, Jun 30, 16:51:38
      - BOOOOOM! (Other Football) - Ralf Scrampton, Jun 30, 16:58:11
        
        i don't believe that can work (Other Football) - SCC 28, Jun 30, 16:59:13
        
        Would it be better than what we currently have? (n/m) (Other Football) - Arganth, Jun 30, 17:01:05
- whole of the ball? (n/m) (Other Football) - SCC 28, Jun 30, 16:40:16
  - indeed. You just put the chip in the centre of the sphere (Other Football) - Tricky Hawes, Jun 30, 16:43:38
    - how would you keep it in the middle of the ball? (n/m) (Other Football) - Ralf Scrampton, Jun 30, 16:45:17
      - ^^^ He's off on it again ^^^ (n/m) (Other Football) - Fierce Panda, Jun 30, 16:47:20
        
        ^^^ he'll never be on it again (n/m) (Other Football) - Ralf Scrampton, Jun 30, 16:50:28
        
        ^^^ He's not wrong (n/m) (Other Football) - Fierce Panda, Jun 30, 16:50:46
        
        i never am dear... (Other Football) - Ralf Scrampton, Jun 30, 16:55:46
      - well I dunno. But we've sent probes to the outer reaches of the solar system (Other Football) - Tricky Hawes, Jun 30, 16:46:06
        
        That's easy though - you just strap them on top of a f***in great rocket, (Other Football) - CB41, Jun 30, 17:25:42
- Well, balls don't stay spherical, of course, but I doubt that's the problem. (Other Football) - Arizona Bay, Jun 30, 16:39:34
  - adidas are probably on it as we type (n/m) (Other Football) - strap_on sally, Jun 30, 16:54:40

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