Digital Bucket » sports http://digitalbucket.com Source for Entertainment Thu, 01 Oct 2015 02:47:44 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.1.34 How Did The “Technopuck” Make It To The Superbowl ? http://digitalbucket.com/how-did-the-technopuck-make-its-way-into-the-superbowl/ http://digitalbucket.com/how-did-the-technopuck-make-its-way-into-the-superbowl/#comments Mon, 02 Feb 2015 18:40:31 +0000 http://digitalbucket.com/?p=1238 If you watched the Superbowl on Sunday and wondered, how did they get that yellow first down line to appear? Do you have a head for ultra geeky techno stuff? If you said yes you might find this interesting. [Excerpt ] According to Allen St. John’s 2009 book The Billion Dollar Game, the first-down line actually emerged […]

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]]> If you watched the Superbowl on Sunday and wondered, how did they get that yellow first down line to appear? Do you have a head for ultra geeky techno stuff? If you said yes you might find this interesting.

[Excerpt ] According to Allen St. John’s 2009 book The Billion Dollar Game, the first-down line actually emerged from the ashes of one of sports broadcasting’s bigger debacles: the FoxTrax system for hockey, which was designed by a company called Sportvision. FoxTrax – which hockey fans no doubt remember as the much-maligned “technopuck” that debuted in 1996 – employed a system of cameras and sensors around a hockey rink to place a little blue halo around the puck.

Read more @ Mental Floss.com

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]]> http://digitalbucket.com/how-did-the-technopuck-make-its-way-into-the-superbowl/feed/ 0 Just In Time For The Super Bowl – A Bad Lip Reading of The NFL http://digitalbucket.com/nfl-2015-a-bad-lip-reading-of-the-nfl/ http://digitalbucket.com/nfl-2015-a-bad-lip-reading-of-the-nfl/#comments Fri, 23 Jan 2015 18:58:43 +0000 http://digitalbucket.com/?p=953 Just in time for the big game! Bad Lip Reading does it again and gives us some great insight into what NFL players might be saying when they take the field on Sundays.

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]]> Just in time for the big game! Bad Lip Reading does it again and gives us some great insight into what NFL players might be saying when they take the field on Sundays.

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]]> http://digitalbucket.com/nfl-2015-a-bad-lip-reading-of-the-nfl/feed/ 0 Bill Maher – Irritable Bowl Syndrome http://digitalbucket.com/bill-maher-irritable-bowl-syndrome/ http://digitalbucket.com/bill-maher-irritable-bowl-syndrome/#comments Thu, 15 Jan 2015 17:31:32 +0000 http://digitalbucket.com/?p=740 Who would have thought that the combo of sociopolitical commentary and animation were the perfect match? This piece is a prime example of how the spoken word supported by great animation can really drive home a point.

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]]> Who would have thought that the combo of sociopolitical commentary and animation were the perfect match? This piece is a prime example of how the spoken word supported by great animation can really drive home a point.

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]]> http://digitalbucket.com/bill-maher-irritable-bowl-syndrome/feed/ 0 Top Soccer Shootout Ever With Scott Sterling – Studio C http://digitalbucket.com/top-soccer-shootout-ever-with-scott-sterling-studio-c/ http://digitalbucket.com/top-soccer-shootout-ever-with-scott-sterling-studio-c/#comments Thu, 15 Jan 2015 17:30:37 +0000 http://digitalbucket.com/?p=713 Scott Sterling is the most brilliant goalkeeper on planet earth! This short starts out slowly but gains momentum as you go along so stick with it. The 12 year old kid inside you will be happy you did.

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]]> Scott Sterling is the most brilliant goalkeeper on planet earth! This short starts out slowly but gains momentum as you go along so stick with it. The 12 year old kid inside you will be happy you did.

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