Football

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
23,880 views, 27 comments

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foosball

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
9,294 views, 36 comments

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cellphones

Casio's Incredibly Sturdy G'zOne Cellphone One Gets Abused

Casio's G'zOnes are nothing if not sturdy, which is why people who favor ruggedness over any other feature are picking these up. Just how unbreakable are these things? Incredibly. Our buddy Danny from Wired took these outside so both a football team and a soccer team could throw it around. Check out the video to see (spoiler alert) what eventually did the phone in. On a similar note, Danny received a concussion while filming, proving that his head is slightly less durable than the phone. [Wired]

6:15 PM on Mon Mar 31 2008
By Jason Chen
4,900 views, 10 comments

Latest by craig_16: @Git Em SteveDave: I'd rather have a scratched screen than a screen that's no longer attached to the phone. Maybe that's just me... more »

sports

Fancy Soccer Ball Knows When it Crosses the Goal Line, Saves Refs From Beatings

In the soccer world (or "football," to freedom-hating ale swillers), you do not want to be a referee who makes a questionable call. I mean, soccer fans are animals. Europeans seem to just accept the fact that after a match a roving pack of belligerent, mulleted steakheads will roam the streets of their towns looking for people to injure to make up for the team that they like not winning. Imagine what they'd do to you if they thought you made the wrong call! Luckily, there's a fancy new soccer ball that'll take some of the pressure off of refs. More »

12:45 PM on Fri Dec 14 2007
By Adam Frucci
6,175 views, 37 comments

Latest by n/a: @LittleJon: That could still be debated. While in no way am I denying that the Soviets were a significant force in the war, the U.S. did have a tremendous affect on the outcome as well, something I don't think you more »

sports

Ambient Football Scorecast Keeps NFL Fans Up To Date All the Time

Watching football is clearly the best way to get scores to the games you're interested in, but if you're unable to view the games due to being busy or having them blacked out in your area, this fancy new Ambient Football Scorecast should keep you all up to date. It displays football scores in real time, allowing you see just how badly your precious Dolphins are being pummeled by whatever team they happen to be playing against this week. It also displays team and schedule info, making it a nice little gadget for the desks of football fans. Although for $125, they could just check ESPN.com like a normal person, but hey, gadgets! [Product Page]

12:45 PM on Mon Nov 26 2007
By Adam Frucci
4,778 views, 6 comments

Latest by Galley: About the only place this would be useful is at work where sports sites are blocked (as long as it doesn't require Wi-Fi). more »

protect your brain

Xenith X1 Helmet Helps American Football Players Think Good and Stuff

With all of the news about football players and concussions these days, it is about time that the helmet was redesigned to offer more protection. The folks at Xenith are hoping to offer a solution with the X1, a helmet that features 18 shock absorbing discs that release air slowly to reduce the force of an impact. These Aware-Flow Shock Absorbers, along with an innovative comfort fit system called Fit Seeker make for a helmet that promises to greatly reduce sudden movements of the head that cause concussions. More »

8:40 PM on Mon Oct 29 2007
By Sean Fallon
4,561 views, 14 comments

Latest by Sqube: RDLDR1: Football without pads and some rules changes is, if I'm not mistaken, generally known as "rugby". They don't want pads. ThePounder: Remove all the padding, and you have rugby. Also, you'd have a whole host of hair-related penalties. And can more »

are you ready for some brain damage?

Safer Football Helmet Sends Impact Data to Sidelines

A few of us here at the Giz spent quite a bit of time on the football field in our youth, and after one too many ditzy posts are wishing we would've worn a football helmet like this one when we were out there busting some asses on the gridiron. This high-tech helmet has sensors inside that can tell just how hard you've gotten your bell rung, then transmits that info to doctors on the sidelines who might promptly bench you once you've reached the limits of consciousness, or at least the point of physical injury. More »

1:15 PM on Thu Aug 16 2007
By Charlie White
2,446 views, 4 comments

Latest by Cryper25: if only charlie brown had this device back then.. further more to the people who are actually using this device i'd like to say womp-womp-womp-womp more »

robots

Kondo Destroys! Kondo Smashes! Kondo Plays Soccer?

Kondo KHR-2 HV, the robot that plays soccer, fights with other bots and dances salsa, has got some new clothes. First up is a shiny polycarbonate carapace that makes him look much more studly and buff than his previous square-headed incarnation. All the pretty little Ho'Bots will be bumping up to him as much as they can, mark my words. His Robocop fabulousness costs $152. More »

9:37 AM on Thu Apr 19 2007
By Addy Dugdale
7,748 views, 25 comments

wireless

Wireless Helmet Monitors Head Damage to Football Players

A handful of college have come together and will be working with Simbex and their Head Impact Telemetry system. The HIT is a helmet-system that can be commercially purchased and will monitor head acceleration (impact), rotational acceleration, duration, location, time and more for monitoring the noggin of a football player. It will then shoot the information wirelessly to a computer that can analyze the data and monitor the players. It will even warn when an impact could be injurious. The overall goal of the HIT system is to discover the causes of mild brain injuries that are often suffered in contact sports such a football, but keeping check on the student-athletes in college football programs is definitely another perk. –Travis Hudson More »

7:30 PM on Tue Apr 17 2007
By Travis Hudson
1,259 views, 12 comments

Latest by Maxwells_Nylon_Hammer: Surely the helmet is worth more than the head and it's the thing that needs monitoring. Why doesn't American play football without helmets like the rest of the world? more »

portable media

Sony Allows You to Watch the Arsenal Game, While at the Game

Sony is developing a system that will allow Arsenal fans the opportunity to watch replays and statistics live on a PSP while at the game. The system is called S.PORT and will be rolled out later this year on a trial basis for 4,000 fans. There is a lot of potential for this system, especially if they expand to other sports and allow other devices, not just the PSP, to view the wireless steams of replays and statistics. Cool system, Sony. Just don't screw it up, please. I really need a reason to use my PSP. –Travis Hudson More »

4:00 PM on Wed Mar 28 2007
By Travis Hudson
695 views, 23 comments

Latest by NekoFever: Out of all the big clubs in the Premiership why do they choose the one that's least likely to do anything that would warrant watching it twice? Oh wait, that's Chelsea. more »

gadgets

Virtual Distance Football Knows How Far it Was Thrown

Want to know how far you threw that ball? The virtual distance football can let you know how far it was thrown with an accuracy that's supposedly within 1 yard, showing you the distance on its LCD readout. Somehow its sensor is able to tell how far the ball has traveled by measuring the ball's impact at the end of its flight. More »

10:30 AM on Mon Feb 26 2007
By Charlie White
3,249 views, 10 comments

gadgets

Water-Cooled Football Players

We post pretty regularly here about water-cooling something or other, but it usually has to do with PC or other electronic components. I was watching my 'Boys manhandle the 'Skins tonight and NBC talked a bit about the Cowboy's temperature management system. It is really just water cooled football players. The system, which can cool up to 12 players at a time, will flow chilled goodness through the pads of the football players. See, football isn't that barbaric, they have some pretty sweet tech, too. – Travis Hudson

11:53 PM on Sun Sep 17 2006
By Travis Hudson
1,275 views, 27 comments

home entertainment

TiVo Releases CBS Sportsline Fantasy Football

TiVo and CBS just launched their Fantasy Football HME app on TiVo machines~~—too bad the season started weeks ago~~. Travis may be the Fantasy Football nut around here, but whatever he's using surely doesn't compare with this. In addition, TiVo is also putting out CBS Sportsline video showcases and Gold Star promotions. Go Futher Muckers! – Jason Chen More »

7:30 PM on Fri Sep 8 2006
By Jason Chen
2,725 views, 5 comments

portable media

Football Helmet MP3 Player for Tailgatin' Techies

With football season nearly upon us, it's time to bulk up your team regalia, showing your colors to those ne'er-do-wells who may not root for the same team you do. To hell with carrying around an iPod, this golf-ball-sized Football Helmet MP3 Player offers more than just your choice of 50 major college football teams' insignia. It's a digital audio player that holds a gigabyte of tunes and also has an FM radio on which you can listen to that play-by-play as you shiver in the bleachers. Plus, you can keep track of your tunes with its OLED display. All that school spirit will cost you $100. – Charlie White More »

1:52 PM on Thu Aug 31 2006
By Charlie White
2,029 views, 2 comments

Latest by ugadawg: Goooo DAWGS! Sic'em! Woof Woof Woof! I love them UGA dawgs. more »

home entertainment

University of Texas Installs Ron Jeremy Sized HDTV

The University of Texas has recently finished installation of a $8 million HDTV that measures 134 feet wide and 55 feet tall at the UT football stadium. This thing is so damn big that the university has to upgrade the utilities throughout the stadium to accommodate the power, also they installed 40 5-ton air conditioner units to cool the behemoth. More »

11:22 AM on Mon Aug 28 2006
By Travis Hudson
1,180 views, 16 comments

pcs

EA FIFA Casemod

All we can say to this one is "Wow". That, and the stuff between this sentence and the end of the post. More »

4:59 PM on Tue Jun 20 2006
By Jason Chen
983 views, Comment

robots

RoboCup Kicks Off

If the human kind of "footy" isn't enough for you, the 10th annual RoboCup gets started today and lasts until the 20th. There are 11 different leagues, with reigning champion Germany expected to win in the four-legged competition, and Japan being the favorites for the humanoid race (naturally). More »

6:11 PM on Wed Jun 14 2006
By Jason Chen
2,399 views, 2 comments

peripherals

Ready Your iPod for the World Cup With These Not-Cheap-At-All Country Cases

Some of us here at Gizmodo are genuine soccer fans who are very much looking forward to the World Cup. That's why there's no shame (OK, maybe a very little bit) in talking about these World Cup-themed cases for your precious iPod nano. Why settle for the played-out white or pseudo-cool black of the iPod nano when you can deck it out in the glorious colors of England, Brazil, Argentina or USA (why do they even bother to show up?), among the list of 12 countries? More »

2:28 PM on Fri May 19 2006
By Gizloco
211 views, Comment

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