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engadget.com - 12/11/2008

Digitally Assisted Billiards makes everyone a pool shark

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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 ...

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hackaday.com - 12/10/2008

Digitally assisted billiards

— hackaday.com — [Justin] sent in his Digitally Assisted Billiards project. Using a web cam, a computer and a projector,... these guys have set up a system that shows you the trajectories of your current shot. It detects the angle of the cue and displays a glowing blue ... (more) Digitally assisted billiards

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prism.gatech.edu - 12/10/2008

Digitally ASSISTED BILLIARDS

— prism.gatech.edu — The limiting factor of our implementation was hardware. Unfortunately, projectors and web cameras with adequate wide angle... lenses are priced outside of our means, and as such, we found that we needed to use key-stoning algorithms to correct for the ... (more) Digitally ASSISTED BILLIARDS

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youtube.com - 12/10/2008

Digitally Assisted Billiards (video)

— youtube.com — This is our ECE 4180 "Embedded systems" Final Project.... (more) Digitally Assisted Billiards (video)

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College Students Build Digitally Assisted Billiards Table, Makes Anyone a Pro
Tech Blog — ... Two Georgia Tech students have built a high-tech billiards table system "for visually displaying the expected trajectory of all possible shots based on the location of the balls still on the slate." Video after the break. 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. [via Engadget]

Billard avec assistance digitale
w3sh magazine — ... différents rebonds possibles. C’est maintenant possible sur un vrai billard grâce aux deux chercheurs Justin Needham et Matthew Straub de l’université de Georgia Tech aux USA. Bien sur, il vous faudra un mirroir géant, un mini PC avec Windows CE, une webcam, un projecteur VGA et pas mal de neurones. Comme moi, c’est surement ce dernier qui vous manquera le plus… Via Engadget