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youtube.com - 12/10/2008

Digitally Assisted Billiards (video)

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This is our ECE 4180 "Embedded systems" Final Project.

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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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engadget.com - 12/11/2008

Digitally Assisted Billiards makes everyone a pool shark

— engadget.com — 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. ... (more) Digitally Assisted Billiards makes everyone a pool shark

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