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Clemson Develops Ballin' System to Measure Slam Dunk Intensity

Posted February 25, 2009 9:51 AM

From Engadget:

For those of you who think knowing the miles per hour of each pitch is the best part of a baseball game -- and sometimes, it really is -- Clemson University civil engineering professor Scott Schiff and his students have created a system that'll measure the force of the dunks and display it on the overhead screens instantly. In one game against East Carolina, Clemson forward Raymond Sykes managed a dunk that measured 30 G's -- which we're told is mighty impressive, but really, we don't have much comparison at this point. The team hopes its system gets adopted for other venues, and for sake of having more excuses to stare at the giant TVs and not the court, we hope so, too. Hit up the read link to see video of the system in action.

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02/25/2009 12:23 PM

Thass Right!

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02/26/2009 10:22 AM

Let's hope that federal grant money wasn't used to develop this technology that we couldn't possible live without.

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02/27/2009 6:08 AM

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"Ray Sykes had a nasty dunk at the East Carolina University game," said Jonathan Cox, one of the students working on the project. "It peaked at a little over 30 g's, one of the highest recorded so far. That's awesome when you consider an earthquake's ground motion produces accelerations around point five and one g."

What is this twit wittering about? What accelerations does he think are involved in, for instance, swatting a fly?

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02/27/2009 5:06 PM

I think he was referring to the other dunks measured thus far. Keep in mind most people don't have any idea what kind of accelerations objects are subjected to.

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02/27/2009 7:45 PM

Another quote from the article:

"The rating system is a joint venture between the Clemson Student Chapter of the Structural Engineers Association and the Clemson Athletic Department."

Without wishing to belittle the abilities of Athletic Department students (I admire the abilities of many, if not all, good sportsmen and athletes), I sincerely hope that the quote in my previous post was from one among their number, rather than someone aspiring to be a structural engineer.

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