Smart Bowling Ball Searches for the Perfect Technique  The few
times I go bowling each year are more about pitchers of cheap
beer than they are satiating some desire for the perfect game,
but nevertheless I'm intrigued by this "smart ball" from the
Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology.  Developed by sports
scientist Franz Fuss, the smart bowling ball contains aluminum
tubes in the finger holes that track the force a bowler applies
to each roll. Fuss had ten bowlers of different skill levels
bowl various shots down the lane, measured the force, and used
it to try and find the perfect shot.  The simple system found
that the better bowlers were consistent (surprise!), in that
they always pinched the ball with "much greater force prior to
release." This allowed for a much faster delivery than the
newbs, and of course higher scores. [New Scientist]