Fleet Locate GPS Fleet Tracking Blog

With the big day upon us, we would love for GPS tracking technology to become every football referees’ best friend on the field. Don’t scoff — it could happen!

Some diehard Steelers fans who are researchers and students at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh are working on an invention that can trace the path of a football anywhere on the field with GPS accuracy. The current version employs sensors embedded in player gloves, coupled with electronics inside the ball similar to those in GPS fleet tracking units. Catching on yet?

The ball can be tracked in real time on a computer, apparently as the sensors in the gloves bounce precise location coordinates back from GPS satellites above Earth. The team is concentrating on improving the gloves’ tracking accuracy. They also want to trim the weight of the receiver in the football by 3.5 ounces to meet NFL specifications.

A YouTube video provides more detailed information about this revolutionary concept. Don’t expect it to be in play during Super Bowl 43. It’s one of many inventions in the works for the gridiron game. These include sensors inside the helmet to transmit collision data to a computer on the sidelines to help trainers assess the seriousness of a player’s head injury.

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