MadTown ThrowDown 2013 Info/Registration

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Originally Posted by bhsrobotics1671

Thanks for the feedback! We would like to work on the formatting to support more mobile devices better. All we really had to test with the time we had was iPads and therefore focused on the larger screen size.

Regarding official use, I don't really have much say in anything like that but maybe it's something we can get FIRST to look at and consider or at least something similar. Like you said, the "time til next match" would be a nice feature to have. We would like to develop more of a team dashboard page to give full specs on the next match including alliances and their current rankings, what position you are (red1, blue 2, etc)

I find this to be an absolutely fascinating service but I know nothing about it (not being at MTTD because of the whole transcontinental distance thing). I have a few questions since I looked all over 1671's website and didn't find any other information

-Since the features are offline now, how exactly did live scoring (audience view) and the "drivers station" work? This looks like something that would be a killer resource for scouts and coaches at the event, but it would probably be accessed over the mobile data network. Since you FTA'd the event, did you just connect this into the FMS there or do something else?

I really wish there would be official updates to the official, in-season FMS beyond what has been nearly identical since 2009 and similar since 2007 on the front end (obviously controls and vital communications have improved, I'm talking about data drive teams and scouts can use). The fact that I have to peek around for a projector screen or TV to decipher a live score and time left on a match, in 2013, is barbaric.

In a dream world FIRST would open up the system so teams can take advantage of live scoring and time on the front end so they can develop apps like this all the way up to a HUD on Google glass.