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Anchor Lede: Want to know how much force goes into a crushing basketball slam dunk? If so, youre in luck. A scientific measurement tool was just developed for the N-B-As Slam Dunk Contest. Randy Atkins: It looks, feels, and acts like a regular basketball netbut theres electrically-conductive rubber tubing inside that stretches causing changes in current as a ball goes through. Michael Bove: We have an equation that takes the amount of stretch and calculates the amount of energy in the ball. Randy Atkins: Michael Bove , of M-I-Ts Media Lab, says extensive engineering tests have made it very sensitive. Michael Bove: It accounts for whether the ball is going through vertically or whether the ball is hitting the side of the net and rolling around in the net for a while before coming out. Randy Atkns: Bove thinks the technology can be adapted for other sports, like baseball pitching nets, and perhaps some everyday uses. With the National Academy of Engineering, Randy Atkins, WTOP News. VIDEO: Slam Net Force
