[billbo911]

Just for the sake of argument, I'll bite.

I'm going to put two things together and see if we can get a little closer to the/an answer.

In Atlanta, Woodie said, "Just be careful about the stock market, with jello, gerbils, and K'nex blocks."

To me, the stock market is full of ups and downs. I won't touch jello and gerbils, but K'nex blocks..... Remember the three basic First scoring shapes.

Now, add in this new detector. It is a receiver, not a transmitting unit. IR in generates 100ms +5vdc pulse. Up to 4 discreet outputs.


OK, here is what my polluted mind comes up with.

A part of this years game will be goals that transmit an IR signal indicating where (think height) the goal is. Some higher, some lower (ups and downs). We will be using a rectangular or square scoring piece.

You can either manually position the scoring item at the right height, or, using the input from the IR transmitter, automatically (autonomously) position it.

My guess is they will not be using a 38KHz transmitter to limit the amount of reflected and false signals on the field. (See the PDF for the "Gift board", page 2 at the end of section 4)

OK, fire away and tear this apart, or, support this with solid evidence.