• By Annalee Newitz
    Dec 14, 2007 1:06 PM 88
    read more: #futuresports, #adidas, #football, #magneticfield, #smartballs, #soccer, #sports

    Never Lose Your Balls Again

    Adidas yesterday announced the rollout of a new space-age soccer ball that knows where it is. As it rolls around the soccer field, the smart ball uses a magnetic field to figure out its location  particularly when it's near the goal  and relays the data to the referee. No more analyzing footage to figure out what happened: Just ask the ball. That's great, but I want the ballcam, guys. I want to see what your balls see. Sorry, it had to be said. Photo by KEN SHIMIZU/AFP/Getty Images.


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