Originally posted by laineybug
I've always thought someone should 'invent' a personal touch pad.... a device you hang on the wall at the end of the pool. It could transmit number of laps, splits, total time/distance to a reciever that is tucked under your cap. It wouldn't matter if you were swimming with lanemates who might also touch the pad, because the reciever could also transmit a signal the pad would recognize and know when it was you who touched it.
Okay, when this shows up on the market. I want my share of the profits.
Lainey
It should be possible to do this using the soemething like the chip timers that are used in open water races (and triathlons,etc).
They are radio frequency and are keyed to individuals so it should be able to sort out multiple lanemates. Would just need a cheap enough receiver and a way to make it count laps.
Maybe you leave your chip at the end of the pool and the receiver gets built into a watch.
Any Engineers out there? What do you think...
Originally posted by laineybug
I've always thought someone should 'invent' a personal touch pad.... a device you hang on the wall at the end of the pool. It could transmit number of laps, splits, total time/distance to a reciever that is tucked under your cap. It wouldn't matter if you were swimming with lanemates who might also touch the pad, because the reciever could also transmit a signal the pad would recognize and know when it was you who touched it.
Okay, when this shows up on the market. I want my share of the profits.
Lainey
It should be possible to do this using the soemething like the chip timers that are used in open water races (and triathlons,etc).
They are radio frequency and are keyed to individuals so it should be able to sort out multiple lanemates. Would just need a cheap enough receiver and a way to make it count laps.
Maybe you leave your chip at the end of the pool and the receiver gets built into a watch.
Any Engineers out there? What do you think...
