My curved basketball hoop always goes in

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I've wondered if it is possible to make a basketball hoop where the ball always goes in. Imagine throwing a ball and if it hits the backboard it somehow gets directed into the hoop. Thanks to physics it isn't quite possible to make ALL possible shots go in though you can make a hoop where the ball goes in a lot more often. In this video I show how I wrote a program to calculate the optical backboard then machined and fabricated it. It worked out better than I was expected so I'm really happy with it!

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The basketball hoop that donated it's guts: https://amzn.to/2xw7fux
I use a 13" iPad for all my technical drawing: https://amzn.to/2RKOnyL

Books that I've read to learn many of the skills used in this project:
Real time collision detection: https://amzn.to/35iUr7i
Introduction to algorithims: https://amzn.to/2yUUSIN
Planning algorithims: https://amzn.to/2Smavj9
Statistics: https://amzn.to/2zIlywI
Computational geometry: https://amzn.to/3cZ7YmR

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Wera allen keys 1000x better than el cheapos: https://amzn.to/2KlCb36
Wera allen keys (english): https://amzn.to/2RQUxNG
The best marker ever. Marks everything. Always in my pocket: https://amzn.to/3ewHGtL
Import spot welder. Cheap bulletproof: https://amzn.to/2ypHmMU
Rivnuts + tool: https://amzn.to/3eJstWy
Digital angle gauge: https://amzn.to/2Vn6ZXL
Bench sheet metal brake: https://amzn.to/2XNfI7h
Vise brake (highly recommend): https://amzn.to/3akCkhZ
20 ton press brake: https://amzn.to/2xw4fhL
Cordless angle grinder - this thing will change your life: https://amzn.to/3cxrDdy
Dropped off ladder 20x and still going strong: https://amzn.to/2wO855g
Hypertherm powermax 45xp with machine torch: https://amzn.to/2zfoyAv
Hypertherm fine cut consumables (great for sheet metal) https://amzn.to/34SjMom

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