Technology Helps NHL Scout Draft Picks
Wondering whether you've got the hand-eye coordination to be the next Wayne Gretsky? The NHL is using computer simulation to find out. SensAble Technologies Inc., uses a real hockey stick and a virtual puck to measure how smoothly you can move around the ice and get the puck to the goal. The NHL is using the test to scout — it could get you on a team — if you don't break anything. Or maybe if you do.
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LINDA WERTHEIMER, host:
Good morning, I'm Linda Wertheimer. Wondering whether you've got the hand-eye coordination to be the next Wayne Gretsky? The National Hockey League is using computer simulation to find out. SensAble Technologies, Inc. uses a real hockey stick and a virtual puck to measure how smoothly you can move around the ice and get the puck to the goal. The NHL is using the test to scout. It could get you on a team if you don't break anything, or maybe if you do. This is Morning Edition.
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