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Pool Inventions of the Future
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cueball2010
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I think you are a great guy!
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
An app that shows you strategies based on the layout of the table
cueball2010
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They would probably stop allowing phones at the pool table just like in poker.
cueball2010
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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.
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_#_
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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
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+1
Would probably need to be a non-profit funded by APA. But who would head up the company?
Paul_#_
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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.
Don Owen was working on this idea 10 years ago with a material that simulated gecko feet. He said it didn’t work well.
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_#_
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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
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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.
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The Old Jaybird
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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.