Ice Hockey Tape

Wireless Hidden Cameras Keep Sports Sporting

The scene seemed to mirror the epic battles of gladiators in ancient Rome. The sound from the indoor arena was deafening. Fans stood on their feet, pumping fists in the air and chanting "DEFENSE! DEFENSE!" The visiting team's star player lowered his shoulder and then drove towards the basket. As the final few seconds of the contest ticked off the game clock, the defending player crashed to the floor. Another offensive player sprung into the air, his fingertips barely clearing another defender's outstretched arm. After the shot, the ball bounced off the rim three times, and then reluctantly fell through the orange metal ring. Who won? Who lost? Does the shot count? The wireless hidden camera knows.

Sports has become a cornerstone of modern culture, often involving Hollywood-like contract signings, multi-million dollar product endorsements, and athletes training as if they were heading off to war. Meanwhile, wireless hidden cameras help to maintain the integrity of the play and the players.

The Basics
The wireless hidden camera is a small, hard-to-notice, battery-powered video camera. It sends images to a receiver within 300 to 500 feet of the camera. The receiver can be connected to a television while a DVR or VCR records the camera's signal.

Caught on Tape
Short of using these cameras to create a reality show of professional players' lives, shooting them shooting up steroids, for example, will remain a challenge. However, catching cheaters on the court, field, or ring is a different story altogether. Different types of athletes are often accused of different infringements. Basketball players sometimes double as actors, and "flop" to the floor when they were never really fouled. Baseball players, on the other hand, put sandpaper in their gloves, spit on a ball, or fill a bat with cork. Boxers periodically throw an illegal "low blow" below the belt, or "throw a fight" by falling to the canvas after being hit with a love tap. Wireless hidden cameras help game officials catch these violations and the culprits.

Accountable Zebras
Referees are consistently accurate and fair when officiating sports events. At least in theory, they should be. Several sports films such as "Friday Night Lights" and "Hoosiers," however, show how "home-team referees" cheat by making calls that should not be made, or by not making calls that should be made. In addition, while college and professional sporting events are usually filmed and televised, those in smaller venues, such as community or high school sporting events, typically are not. In these latter cases, the use of wireless hidden cameras can be particularly useful in reviewing the questionable calls that referees make.

Stopping Fans of Violence
While wireless hidden cameras can help to protect players from unscrupulous referees, they can also come to the rescue of fans under attack. In recent times, simply attending sporting events has become risky. Hundreds of people died within the past decade in accidents and stampedes involving soccer matches played in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Ghana, and South Africa. Also, late in 2004, one of the worst fights in NBA history involved players and fans trading punches. And if you want to attend a hockey game, consider wearing a helmet whether you skate on the ice or sit in the stands.

Wireless hidden cameras are very useful in curbing acts of violence. They allow security personnel to fight back before fights start. The size and mobility of these tools help them to spot and record the actions of unruly fans.

Sporting events should never be dangerous to your health or to the integrity of the game. With wireless hidden cameras, you can be sure it stays that way.

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Unknown Inventors And Their Inventions

If you have a passion for inventing you may very well fit in with the list of 13 inventors in this article. Although their inventions might be well known by many of us the inventors themselves are not.

(1) Frank Joseph Zamboni, Jr. (1901-1988)
Inventor Frank Joseph Zamboni, Jr invented the Zamboni, an ice-resurfacing machine, in 1949 in Los Angeles. And here I thought the Zamboni was a Canadian invention, we do like our hockey after all.

(2) George de Mestral (1907-1990)
After having to removing burdock burrs from his clothes de Mestral invented the world famous Velcro and henceforth generations of children never had to learn how to tie there shoes.

(3) George Washington Gale Ferris, Jr. (1859-1896)
Ferris is known for inventing the original Ferris Wheel for the 1893 Chicago World's Columbian Exposition.

(4) John A. Miller (1872-1941)
Miller designed over 60 roller coasters and held over 100 patents, many of which were for roller coaster safety devices that are still used today.

(5) John Stith Pemberton (1831-1888)
Pemberton was an American druggist and inventor of Coca-Cola, which in his lifetime was used only for medicinal purposes. I wonder if medicinal purposes meant that you threw a shot of rye and a few ice cubes in it before you drank it.

(6) Joseph-Armand Bombardier (1907-1964)
Canadian inventor and businessman Bombardier invented the first snowmobile in 1958 and has since been making planes, trains and Olympic Torches.

(7) Lonnie G. Johnson (1949- )
Johnson is best known as the inventor of the Super Soaker water gun, but on the side he also worked for NASA for both the Galileo mission to Jupiter, the Mars Observer project and the Cassini Saturn project.

(8) Luther George Simjian (1905-1997)
Simjian is an inventor of numerous devices and holds of over 200 patents. His most famous invention is the ATM, or automatic teller machine. I wonder if he also invented convenience fees…

(9) Marion Donovan (1917-1998)
Donovan is credited with inventing the first waterproof disposable diaper and our landfills have never been the same.

(10) Nolan Bushnell (1943- )
Both the founder of Atari, Inc and Chuck E. Cheese's Bushnell is credited with inventing the first popular video game, Pong, and the world's youth have never been the same.

(11) Ralph Teetor (1890-1982)
An unfortunate accident rendered Teetor blind at the age of five but that didn't stop him from eventually inventing cruise control in 1945.

(12) Ralph Wilford Samuelson (1904–1977)
In 1922 Samuelson was just eighteen years of age when he proposed the idea that if you could ski on snow, then you could ski on water. So naturally he invented water-skiing.

(13) William (Bill) Powell Lear (1902-1978)
Lear, known for founding the Lear Jet Corporation, was also the inventor of the first car radio and developed the 8-track tape.

If you have been playing around with that idea for a new product or way to do something now is the time to act on it. If you don't something about it soon someone else is bound to.

About the Author

Corey Rozon is a website marketing consultants from Canada.
This article about how you can find an inventor was written for Convergent Intellectual Property, a Canadian company specializing in intellectual property management and intellectual property services.

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