I’ll admit right from the start, Darts ain’t a game I’m overly familiar with. I have no idea how the scoring works, I just know you’re throwing at the wall and hoping for a dead centre hit.
Turns out professionals run different “weight” darts to adjust their throw, while when it comes to technology there’s basically nothing on offer.
Until now.
A group of young go-getters who work at a company manufacturing screws and parts for the automotive and aviation industry turned their tools to a new dart, a tracking device and electronic scoring.
The darts are amazing, basically hollowed out and you carry around weights. Simply add the weight you want and you’re done.
Rather than owning a heap of different darts you’ve got the one set to get you through.
At almost $200 they seem super pricey!
Then if you’re trying to improve your throw, consider their electronic darts wrist band. Wear it on your throwing hand and you can use a tablet or smartphone to show data from each and every throw and even compare them together to refine your throwing technique.
And for the complete noobs like me, they’ve invented a dart board with all the bells and whistles. Throw, land and the score appears on-screen. Perfect.
A long road ahead to get all these products to market, but very cool to see innovation in such a niche space.
Web: muudarts.com
Trev is a Technology Commentator, Dad, Speaker and Rev Head.
He produces and hosts two popular podcasts, EFTM and Two Blokes Talking Tech. He also appears on over 50 radio stations across Australia weekly, and is the resident Tech Expert on Channel 9’s Today Show each day and appears regularly on A Current Affair.
Father of three, he is often found down in his Man Cave.
