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Originally Posted by Enoch Root
Again, the problem with a chip is the irregular shape of the puck.
There is no where to put a chip that would always give a correct signal on whether or not the puck fully crossed the line.
Unless of course the chip completely surrounded the puck - but that would change the integrity of the puck and is completely impractical.
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Who says the puck has to be "the chip". It could probably be fine tuned but using the same technology that drive thru fast food restaurants use when you're at the menu/speaker. There's a metal detecting circuit poured inside of the concrete/asphalt that triggers a signal to the worker when a car drives over it.
This method would (hopefully) only require a sliver of metal around a portion of the puck which wouldn't alter the make up or design of the puck and would have the nets retrofitted with a very weak electric circuit