Researchers in soccer-obssesed Germany are working on putting RFID tags actually into soccer balls themselves and into players’ clothes:
A prototype has been developed in cooperation with the Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits, Erlangen. Once the system is fully functional, it could not only be of help to referees, but also deliver all kinds of interesting data for TV and useful information to the coach since every player could also be equipped with a broadcasting chip. This way, all players’ paths, accelarations and speeds could be tracked in real time and converted into graphics.
