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Guest Tyler Thompson
Hi everyone,
My name is Tyler Thompson and I am a junior baseball player and mechanical engineer at Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. Our capstone design project revolves around revolutionizing the umpire indicator, and we would love your input! We are designing an electronic Umpire Indicator that can connect to the scoreboard remotely, while being able to display more information to the umpire on its screen. We are curious as to which features are more important to the design and which ones could be removed if needed.
Here is the link to our survey and feel free to ask any questions below! Thank you for your help in advance:
https://forms.gle/5a7gk5WHPUWwLt4e6
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beerguy55
As the father of an engineering student who's gone through a capstone, and is now pursuing their PhD, I will start with one question. One question many engineering students fail to ask, because they'
kylehutson
THIS is the idea you should really be getting behind IMHO.
umpstu
Have the indicator display the numbers large enough, and contrasted enough, that it would be easier for us older umpires to see. Especially in night games at poorly lit fields.
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