Pool Inventions of the Future

[Black-Balled]

and they call me a troll

That's coz youre short and dirty.

 

[cueball2010]

and they call me a troll

I think you are a great guy!

 

[JeremiahGage]

A tip that doesn't need to be chalked would be incredible.
An app that shows you strategies based on the layout of the table

 

[cueball2010]

An app that shows you strategies based on the layout of the table

They would probably stop allowing phones at the pool table just like in poker.

 

[cueball2010]

Swappable cue tips.

So I can try as many $30 dollar cue tips without fear of spending the money and having to cut them off and throw them in the garbage. It would be nice to keep the tips incase I wanted to go back to them for whatever reason.

 

[Paul_#_]

What cool new Pool invention would you like to see?

Its not a pool invention but an independent company that tests shafts for deflection, sound, energy-transfer efficiency, and descriptions of how it is made or what is inside.

 

[cueball2010]

Its not a pool invention but an independent company that tests shafts for deflection, sound, energy-transfer efficiency, and descriptions of how it is made or what is inside.

+1

Would probably need to be a non-profit funded by APA. But who would head up the company?

 

[Paul_#_]

But who would head up the company?

Whoa! I think its money that's preventing this from happening. I don't think APA would be interested. I think the person who headed the company would have to have a plan to get money. The plan is the stumbling block.

 

[nataddrho]

A tip that doesn't need to be chalked would be incredible.
An app that shows you strategies based on the layout of the table

Don Owen was working on this idea 10 years ago with a material that simulated gecko feet. He said it didn’t work well.

 

[nataddrho]

I have an idea that rather then test shaft deflection by hitting balls on a table, the end mass of a cue is measured directly and compared to a standard. This maybe can be done with a vibrational frequency sweep, and can be a small device that anyone can buy, compared to an expensive table and cue robot that hits shots perfectly and repeatedly.

 

[Paul_#_]

I have an idea that rather then test shaft deflection by hitting balls on a table, the end mass of a cue is measured directly and compared to a standard. This maybe can be done with a vibrational frequency sweep, and can be a small device that anyone can buy, compared to an expensive table and cue robot that hits shots perfectly and repeatedly

I like this especially since now there is little but do-it-yourself testing. There would be detractors, of course. See https://forums.azbilliards.com/thre...-stiffer-cf-shaft-has-less-deflection.578531/

 

[Flakeandrun]

An automated shot clock system built into the lights. It knows which player is at the table, knows when all the balls stopped moving/spinning, counts down on its own, etc. It can project the time onto the table in a few spots.

True shot clocks on every table in a pool room or tournament venue.

This would be awesome, in China, they have ones that count the score in snooker, so it is more than possible that this could facilitate pool, turn taking etc.

 

[The Old Jaybird]

bowling pins are all the same, in fact a pinsetting machine has 2 full sets of pins, 20, in it. this machine needs to be smarter to rack 8, 9, 10 ball game racks, and with 8 ball to randomize the remaining balls in the rack.

 

[OverTheNut]

An automated shot clock system built into the lights. It knows which player is at the table, knows when all the balls stopped moving/spinning, counts down on its own, etc. It can project the time onto the table in a few spots.

True shot clocks on every table in a pool room or tournament venue.

I can definitely see something like that happening. To start with it would probably just be a cue ball that detects movement and talks to a shot clock. No fancy lights involved. Clock would def need a silent mode for a room with multiple tables. beep! beep! beep! beep! beep!

In 100 years time I reckon that you'll be able to easily/affordably buy a pool playing robot to practice against - with settings for how it will play (beginner/expert etc.).

Too far fetched? Go back 50 years to 1975. Imagine if there was a way to talk to players and watch pool videos - on a device you carried in your pocket... No way man!