Intelligent Golf
IEEE
MICROWAVE THEORY AND TECHNIQUES SOCIETY
Old
as the universe, new as the latest space satellite. Something you use
every day, but something you’ve never seen. We’re talking about
microwaves. You probably think a microwave is what you use to heat your
dinner or make popcorn. That’s actually a microwave oven, or an oven
that uses microwaves to generate heat. But what are microwaves?
Microwaves are a form of electromagnetic wave. The most familiar kind of
electromagnetic wave is visible light. If you understand how light
works, you already have a good idea of how microwaves work.
It takes energy to produce light, whether it comes from the sun, a
kerosene lamp, or a light bulb. It takes energy to produce microwaves
too. A typical microwave oven needs several hundred watts of energy to
make microwave energy powerful enough to heat last night’s leftovers.
Like light, microwaves travel very fast, about 186,000 miles (300,000
kilometers) per second in air. No electromagnetic wave, or anything else
for that matter, can travel faster. In addition, both light and
microwaves get weaker the further they travel from their source, and
both can be focused into narrow beams by lenses (such as a magnifying
lens) or concave mirrors called reflectors. In devices such as
flashlights and car headlights light is focused by these specially
shaped mirrors. Microwaves can be focused in dish-shaped reflectors as
well.
As much as they have in common, microwaves and light have one major
difference—you can see light, but you can’t see microwaves. This is
because of the biggest difference between microwaves and light waves:
their wavelengths.
Light waves and microwaves are both electromagnetic waves and,
therefore, part of the electromagnetic spectrum. The electromagnetic
spectrum is the range of all electromagnetic waves. It includes
everything from radio waves to microwaves, infrared and ultraviolet
rays, and gamma rays.
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"Golf
is deceptively simple and endlessly complicated. It satisfies the soul
and frustrates the intellect. It is at the same time
rewarding and maddening -- it is without doubt the greatest game mankind
has ever invented."
Arnold
Palmer
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"To
win, You must play without reserve"
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"Technology
has improved the game -- and the golf ball technology has increased
ten-fold over the last ten years"
Tiger
Woods
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"Golf
is one of the more popular sports in the world, although it would be
difficult to call it a team sport.
As such, there occasionally arise disagreements as to the actual
number of strokes it took between players to reach the cup.
Furthermore there is a version of golf in which the goal is not
only the fewest strokes, but also the fastest game.
United
States Patent # 6,884,180 B2 design addresses these needs by providing a means
in which the golf ball itself, in conjunction with the golf cup, records
the number of strokes.
In a game,
as the ball is played, each stroke is recorded internally (and
differentiated from ensuing bounces as it is in play).
When the golf ball drops in the cup, the cup’s microprocessor
sends a query to the golf ball.
The
golf ball responds with the programmed ID number for the ball (or
player), and the number of strokes since it was last queried.
Following verification of transmission, the ball’s count is
reset. The cup then uploads
the count and ID to a localized display and/or to the clubhouse.
The same golf cup can also be used to recharge the ball if the
ball is left in the cup, or by use of a separate and portable recharging
device.
In such, this new design provides for a self-recording golf game
that may be used for one-on-one, tournament or any other scenarios where
validation of play may be required.
Brian
S. Corzilius
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"Imagination is more important than knowledge,
Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world."
Albert Einstein
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"Now, such is progress in that humans labor, develop, and further the advancement and application of knowledge. There is never time to waste.. and we
may now, in the 21st Century take a moment and contemplate entertaining a quick game of computerized golf -- if ever by some unlucky chance such crevice of time should yawn in the solid substance of our distractions - when in time returning we find ourselves playing the other side of the course.. safely on the solid ground of daily labor and distraction, autonomously validating the game of Intelligent Electromagnetic Golf …"
Aldous Huxley
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"...and
technology shall be increased"
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"Dream
your greatest dream - and then make it come true"
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IEEE Microwave Theory and Techniques
Society -- Courtesy of the IEEE Institute - www.ieee-virtual-museum.org/exhibit
The Essence of Golf -- Arnold Palmer
The Essence of Winning -- Tiger
Woods
Electromagnetic Golf -- Courtesy of
Aldous Leonard Huxley (1894-1963) Revisited - Brave New World
Intelligent Golf Balls -- Intelligent
Vehicle Technologies, LLC - www.Intelligentvehicletechnologies.com
Intelligent
Vehicle Technologies, LLC
