Defense

[Ernst]

Originally Posted by teh_lol

This may seem totally useless but it is possible with the right camera integration and shooting physics to create a sort of ball defense system that could use something like controlled blasts of air to shoot the balls out of the air before they get into the hoop. you wouldn't be able to be scored on and it would probably win you an engineering award

You may be interested in this thread, about air defense systems. It discusses the pros, cons, and overall feasibility of various types of air weapons.