shane wighton
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Smart Basketball Hoop Zooms Around a Room at 161 km/h to Ensure You Never Miss a Shot
The lengths to which Shane Wighton will go to avoid having to practice to get better at basketball are staggering. The engineer has created yet another high-tech basketball hoop that tracks the motion of the ball and, this time, travels at 161 km/h across a room to to ensure it always goes through the hoop.
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Explosive-Powered Nutcracker Obliterates Every Festive Snack
‘Tis the season for treats like candy canes, figgy puddings, and bowls overflowing with nuts ready to be cracked open. As far as Shane Wighton is concerned, that last option deserved a completely over-engineered snacking tool, which led to the creation of an utterly terrifying custom nutcracker powered by an explosive piston.
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Robotic Pool Stick Makes All the Aiming and Power Adjustments So You Sink Every Shot
If there’s one thing we know about Shane Wighton it’s that he’ll use his formidable engineering skills to gain a competitive advantage in almost any sport. That includes building a ball-tracking never-miss basketball hoop, and now a robotic cue that will turn even novice players into a seasoned pool shark.
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Ball-Tracking Basketball Hoop Makes It Impossible To Miss A Shot
After designing a curved basketball backboard that redirects every shot through the hoop, Shane Wighton has engineered a new and improved version that’s even more forgiving by actively tracking a ball’s trajectory and then repositioning the backboard so every shot is nothin’ but net.