2004 Athens 'Diskos'
Paul Yong, Per Arlander, Marie Begovich, William Blomstrand · 2004
The proposed system allows spectators to cast votes in real time. The results serve only for entertainment purposes to show the difference between the spectators' and judges' scores and will not affect the official judging. The design of the judging system is flexible enough to be used for both diving and gymnastics competitions. It is cost-efficient, accessible to an international audience, reliable, easy to understand, tamper resistant and eco-friendly. The system consists of a booklet with a game description, voting rules and a rotating disk, which employs RFID technology and an integrated sensor. To vote, the spectator turns the wheel to set the score and then via a send button transmits it to receivers placed at strategic positions from which a central computer collects the data, sums it up and calculates the results. These results are subsequently displayed on a big screen next to the judges' results. When leaving the arena, the spectator can either return the device to special bins or take it home as a souvenir.