It’s one of the important questions facing American society today. On the one side are the liberal-minded who want more regulation; on the other side, conservatives who despise any proposals put on the table.
I’m speaking, of course, about the debate of whether or not technology should be used to call balls and strikes in baseball. via Singularity Hub
Just saw this article — “Fox’s infrared ‘Hot Spot’ camera proves Beltre right about dispute”:
http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/blog/big_league_stew/post/Fox-8217-s-infrared-8216-Hot-Spot-8217-came?urn=mlb-wp24742
Really, why stop at umpires? I’ll bet a good X-prize or DARPA-style challenge could give us robot batters that could beat their human counterparts.
The rest of the team is left as an exercise for the engineering student. Please have your initial designs ready for class Monday morning.