Australian Football Has a GPS Brain
Tuesday, March 16th, 2010Football is a game where a win or loss can come down to a matter of inches. The official who makes that determination can have some of the pressure lifted from his shoulders if a GPS tracking chip is planted in the game ball.
No more questionable overturns on plays buried under a pile of bodies. No arguments about whether a player had control of the ball when he went out of bounds.
It’s not ready to happen in the U.S., where GPS technology manufacturers such as LandAirSea Systems dominate in vehicle tracking and fleet management applications. But next season, GPS tracking technology could settle a few spats in Australian-rules football. (more…)
