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No Smart Ball for World Cup

Filed in archive World Cup 2006 by Scott on December 5, 2005

Source:Tottenham-spurs.blogspot.com

FIFA have decided that the smart ball being tested by adidas links to prevent refereeing blunders like the one shown here is not ready for prime time and won't be used in next summer's World Cup. While Adidas is happy with the technology's progress, FIFA want 100% accuracy before it deploys the ball on the big stage.

But does that mean human refs won't be used as well?

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Add your response to No Smart Ball for World Cup: Response from: featherguy (12/07/05 9:07pm) tsk!tsk!that'll be a smart question,huh? so much for tests. Response from: RFID Law Blog Fifa World Cup Soccer is in the news, and there are some interesting RFID applications: http://www.electricnews.net/ffocus.html?code=9688040 Excerpt: Perhaps the most contentious application of technology so far has been the insertion of tiny antennae ...
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