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Robotic Foosball Table Can School Human Players

Every other week it seems that the bar for foosball tables gets set higher and higher. The new mark to beat comes to us from a group of engineering students from The University of Adelaide. As part of a final engineering project, the students utilized a 96-pinhole camera and LED sensor grid, custom-written software and a precision actuation system to create a table capable of beating the pants off of a human player. Seriously, if we put as much effort into other things as we do making cool foosball tables, we would probably have cured a few diseases by now. UPDATE: This is not the first autonomous foosball table ever built, but is definitely more streamlined than the Georgia Tech version. [Rockwell Automation via Born Rich]

2:20 PM on Fri Jun 27 2008
By Sean Fallon
4,392 views, 13 comments

Latest by 001: Adelaide? The photo is confusing. Or am I that bad in Geography? more »

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Crystal Foosball Tables Suck All of the Fun Out of the Game

We have seen long foosball tables, hi-fi foosball tables and even beautiful foosball tables before, but none can compare to the luxury and elegance that the Teckell Collection can provide. The tables come in a number of different versions, but they all feature a crystal frame with shiny aluminum players—potentially making them the most expensive foosball tables the world has ever seen.
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9:00 PM on Tue May 27 2008
By Sean Fallon
4,786 views, 20 comments

Latest by GadgetPlay: It sure does seem to make you blurry. I don't see anything to justify too exorbitant a price, unless relatively small pieces of Plexiglas have become horribly expensive. Maybe twice the price of a Tornado? That's probably more »

itp 2008

Full-Body Virtual Foosball Game Called Ukikit (Get It?)

The Wii-volution is in full effect at NYU's Interactive Telecommunications Program—a perfect example is this physical virtual foosball game called Ukikit. You Velcro a pink strap to your foot, and an iSight camera tracks its movement while a sonar sensor tracks your proximity. The data translates into swivel kicks and side-to-side slides in (almost) realtime. I loved playing it with inventor Thomas Chan almost as much as I enjoyed the "Moving Parts" virtual pinball game, but as you can see in the video, both the system and I both need a little more practice before we're perfect. [Ukikit; ITP 2008]

5:15 PM on Tue May 13 2008
By Wilson Rothman
5,088 views, 11 comments

Latest by Bokusatsu_Tenshi: Nice as concept to the technologies... but clunky and useless as a game. If people want to get physical on foosball without actually playing soccer, this is way better:+ Watch video more »

xxl

World's Largest Foosball Table: You Don't Have This Much Game

Think you are a foosball champion? How about stepping your game up to the Table Football XXL? There is no information about how long this table actually is, but suffice it to say— you are going to need to bring some friends. In fact, two full soccer teams (22 players) could go head to head on this thing in what would undoubtedly be an epic foosballing showdown. Unfortunately, you may never get a chance to try your skill—the Table Football XXL is a one-of-a-kind item built as an advertising stunt for Amstel beer. [Airworks via DVICE]

6:30 PM on Fri May 2 2008
By Sean Fallon
24,000 views, 27 comments

Latest by Wired4Sound: so how much is a goalie shot worth??? more »

design

The Hi-Fi Foosball Table is Fully Loaded

This unique foosball table dubbed "Toto Treme Terra" is a project recently unearthed by designer Chelpa Ferro. Not much is known about the hardware fitted into this thing, but it certainly does look intimidating. What we do know is that it results in a game of foosball with some unique sound effects. An audio clip is available on the project page link—but it would be a pity if that was all those speakers were used for. [Project Page via VVORK via Likecool]

7:20 PM on Tue Apr 29 2008
By Sean Fallon
5,562 views, 14 comments

Latest by n/a: Man, and I thought the orchid house was ugly. more »

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Eleven Design Makes Foosball Beautiful

I've gone off foosball since I had my ass royally kicked when playing with a bunch of friends at a music festival, but Eleven may turn my opinion around. Hand crafted by GRO design and TIM modeling, because they thought foosball was "lacking serious design attention in recent years", it's just gorgeous. The players are machined in brass and chrome, the table itself is meant to be a bit architectural, like real stadiums, and minimal to not distract from the game. It's on show at the upcoming Milan Design Week, 16th to 21st April, and tragically it's just a working model. [Eleventhegame via Uberreview]

5:42 AM on Wed Apr 9 2008
By Kit Eaton
9,322 views, 36 comments

Latest by BigDanInTX: @OMG! Ponies!: LMAO!! more »

kickin' balls

Anti-Social College Kids Build Autonomous Foosball Table

Four engineering students from Georgia Tech have built an Autonomous Foosball Table, quite possibly the key to my never-ending quest to replace the humans in my life with robots. The funny thing is, this thing isn't just a gimmick; it may soon become a decent foosball opponent. The table system cost about $500 to build, and combines a webcam, an 800MHz Pentium PC and servo-controlled paddles to move, twist, and kick. Here's how it works: More »

8:10 PM on Thu Dec 13 2007
By Benny Goldman
43,892 views, 29 comments

Latest by n/a: this has probably been over done as a senior project, but here's one with terrific AI: [cese.msoe.edu] more »

tiny games

Honey, I Shrunk the Air Hockey Table

You'd better hope your fingers are small if you want to play these positively minuscule table games from Japan. They're shrunken down to palm size, letting you play hockey, Foosball or air hockey wherever you go. There are even fold-away legs to make them easier to carry around. Check out the air hockey game, where you turn on a switch and a battery-operated fan keeps that tiny puck slightly elevated over the table's surface, just like the real thing. Each air hockey, hockey and Foosball mini-table game is $12.85. [Rakuten, via Like Cool]

9:49 AM on Wed Sep 26 2007
By Charlie White
2,584 views, 5 comments

Latest by kevjohn: @Delmarc: And now you can get it as a good xmas present this year! more »

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Luxury Offside Foosball Coffee Table Costs $7600

Both a coffee table and a foosball table, this Offside Foosball table is just the thing for millionaire former dot com employees to re-live their happy days in the office. The $7600 table has a glass top, a mirrored foosball field and is hand-crafted by Howard Bushell in Worcestershire, England. Classy and tacky all at the same time. [Drinkstuff via Uncrate]

7:00 PM on Wed Aug 15 2007
By Jason Chen
3,571 views, 10 comments

west ham till i die

EA Sports Fifa '07 Case Mod Winner Melds Sport, Hardware

The winner of last year's EA Sports Fifa case mod contest pulled a repeat this year, managing to outdo himself as well as the competition. The case itself is covered in a textured paint that simulates a leather soccer ball (sorry 'the rest of the world,' your sport is still "soccer" here) and even the peripherals are airbrushed to match. But the real kicker is the removable foosball table atop the chassis. Almost makes you wish you played Fifa, doesn't it?

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7:53 PM on Thu Aug 9 2007
By kthompson
2,427 views, 8 comments

Latest by goods: This is one American that's converted to real football. I can't even watch uhmerican rule football anymore. Too many frickin commercials and I can't support those doping raw jocks anymore. Hello EPL!! I feel sorry for all of the ignorant more »