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Digitally Assisted Billiards Makes Everyone a Pool Shark

by Darren Murph on December 11, 2008 at 06:12 PM


There's cheating, and then there's out-thinking the room. Georgia Tech's own Justin Needham and Matthew Straub are clearly headed for great things, as their Digitally Assisted Billiards is reason enough to give these guys a degree in our eyes. Using an array of low-end kit -- just an eBox 2300 embedded computer, Logitech webcam, 4- x 3-foot mirror, a VGA projector, pool table and a few extenders -- the two were able to concoct a system for visually displaying the expected trajectory of all possible shots based on the location of the balls still on the slate. For a much better idea of what we're hinting at, check the demonstration video after the break. [Via Hack-A-Day]


Tags: acc, billiards, games, georgia tech, GeorgiaTech, pool, sport, sports, university, video

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