Automatic Bullseye, MOVING Dartboard
Why Hacker News recommends it
HN calls it a great, impressive engineering project involving real-time trajectory calculation.
What it is
Mark Rober shows an automatic bullseye dartboard that tracks a thrown dart with motion capture and moves in real time so it always hits the center. He spent over three years on the project.
Recommended by 2 HN commenters across 2 different months, 2017 to 2020.
What Hacker News said
Strong rec jonathanfoster · 2017-11 · on “Carnival scam science, and how to win [video]”
The actual video is by Mark Rober and man you gotta check out his YouTube channel [1]. I've been in a technical slump here recently and watching his videos totally re-energized me. He reminded me how great it feels to explore, build, and solve problems. Another great video is his automatic bulls eye dartboard [2]. [1] [LINK] [2] [this video]
Strong rec anonu · 2018-12 · on “Glitter bomb tricks parcel thieves”
This is an an awesome project... the kinda stuff I wish I had more time to hack away at... In the video he mentions his automatic bullseye dartboard project... even more impressive than this glitter machine IMHO: [this video] Calculating a projectile's trajectory in realtime.... wouldn't even know where to start. EDIT: dartboard code from that youtube link: [LINK]
Cites JshWright · 2020-04 · on “Show HN: A basketball hoop to maximize shots that go in [video]”
Mark Rober (who is linked elsewhere in this thread for a dart board that does the same this as this backboard, but with active compensation) also did a video on how carnival games are rigged. Dart Board: [this video] Rigged Carnival Games: [LINK] (Bonus, in the theme of sports equipment that wins for you) Auto bowling ball: [LINK]