NEWS CATEGORIES:



NEWS ARCHIVE >>
SOFTPEDIA REVIEWS >>
MEET THE EDITORS >>
Home / News / Technology / Daily gadget

Daily gadget


Become the Next Tiger Woods in No Time

With the Advisor golf caps and visors from SkyCap

By Alex Vochin, Technology Editor

11th of February 2007, 06:26 GMT

Adjust text size:


Are you crazy about golf, and every trip to the golf course is a reason of joy, but at the same time, a very saddening experience, since you simply stink at this game? Or perhaps you are pretty good, but you're looking for that little something that will make you just a bit better than your opponents? Well, whatever the situation might be, there's a very interesting solution at hand, namely the Advisor golf caps and visors provided by the American company SkyCap LLC., a series of devices which uses the power of GPS technology in order to improve the users' chances of hitting
a hole in one attempt.

Let's see first of all how this device works. All the user has to do is utter a voice command, and his golf cap will quickly carry out one of the several possible functions, as for example the delivery of yardage data, the entering and tracking of various scores, pacing of play timing functions and many other capabilities. This is possible due to the high quality specialized microphone built inside the head band, capable of picking up the sound by using bone conduction technology, which will transmit all the commands to the processing system.

The devices use an advanced GPS system which allows the continuous tracking of real time positioning information against a detailed map of the users' selected golf course and the computation of distances to green leading/center/trailing, water bunkers and fairway boundaries.

Moreover, the courses may be conveniently searched and downloaded to the hat by using the company's course access website and hooking the hat to a PC with the supplied USB cable. In addition, the hat can record a course layout (green distances only) which can then be shared with other users. So, all you have to do now is put on a cap, and prove yourself to be the best golfer out there. In your face, Tiger Woods!

We are just a few, but there are many of you, Softpedia users, out there. That's why we thought it would be a good idea to create an email address for you to help us a little in finding gadgets we missed. Interesting links are bound to be posted with recognition going mainly to those who submit. The address is .
Read by 1,333 user(s) | Add comment | Link to this article TWEET THIS


Article rating:
Good (3.4/5) 7 vote(s)    

Subscribe to news | Print article | Send to friend

© Copyright 2001-2009 Softpedia
Contact:

 

 

SEARCH THE NEWS ARCHIVE :




Today's News
| Yesterday's News | News Archive


MORE RELATED ARTICLES:


A PC GamePad with 10 Buttons of Murderous Joy

The Taser Gun Is Back with a Shock

Genius Cares About the Environment, Launches Solar-Powered Keyboard

Protect Your Children from Internet Porn and Online Sexual Predators

The World's Smallest HDTV Camera

The Home-Cinema That Pops Out from Under Your Bed

The Strange "Q-bean" Wireless Contraption

User opinions:

No user comments yet.
Be the first to express your opinion using the form below!

Share your opinion:

Your Name:
Your Email Address:
(will not be used for commercial purposes)
Solve this to prove you're not a bot: =
Your review/opinion:

 




Windows tabGames tabDrivers tabMac tabLinux tabScripts tabMobile tabHandheld tabGadgets tabNews tab

SUBMIT PROGRAM   |   ADVERTISE   |   GET HELP   |   SEND US FEEDBACK   |   RSS FEEDS   |   ENTER NEWS SITE   |   ENGLISH BOARD   |   ROMANIAN FORUM