not sure try wikepedia
2006-07-13 04:23:07
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answered by Anonymous
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February 11, 1998 (NEW SHUTTLENWS) - A newly designed synthetic badminton shuttle called the "BALOKOK" is now being put through the last steps of development before it makes its debut in badminton retail outlets. This new shuttle has an innovative design that, according to its inventor, gives it playing characteristics that are truly very similiar to feather shuttles.
The "BALOKOK" is an innovation by Bill Carlton, the inventor of the original plastic-skirted shuttle as well as of the first lightweight metal badminton racket and of the more famous "Cyclops" line judging machine used in tennis tournaments. In an exclusive telephone interview with New Shuttlenws from his home on the island of Malta, Mr. Carlton indicated that the his new shuttle had been tested by the International Badminton Federation and that the IBF testers had found the "BALOKOK" to perform like feather shuttles.
Mr. Carlton also told New Shuttlenws that the "BALOKOK" was now going through shelf-life evaluation and that arrangements for world-wide distribution are being negotiated with various sporting goods marketers.
The elderly inventor, who had previously gotten embroiled in several patent violation court cases involving the original plastic shuttle, made it very clear that he had patented the "BALOKOK" design and that the design was protected under the world-wide Patent Cooperating Treaty.
The "BALOKOK" will initially be produced by Mr. Carlton under the Carlton and Carlton banner, named after himself and his youngest daughter. Carlton and Carlton is not connected with the Carlton brand of badminton equipment which the inventor had sold to the Dunlop organization more than seventeen years ago.
According to a source who has seen the new Carlton and Carlton shuttle, the design innovation involves the use of a tiny latex balloon attached to the shuttle's cork and placed within the plastic skirt, thus the name "BALOKOK". The balloon is also shaped to conform to the plastic skirt.
New Shuttlenws asked a practicing aircraft designer and competition badminton player on how the innovative design of the "BALOKOK" could achieve performance like that of a feather shuttle. According to this source, the balloon within the skirt would serve to prevent the folding and warping of the skirt that plagues the current generation of plastic-skirted shuttles and that causes these shuttles to lose spin and to fly with a flatter trajectory when these are hit hard. The balloon would also give more wind resistance to the "BALOKOK" and, if the outer skin of the balloon was properly textured, would make the combined surfaces of the plastic skirt and balloon aerodynamically more like the dense pattern of the overlapping feathers used in the "natural" shuttle.
2006-07-13 04:24:57
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answered by doodad 5
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Although no one really knows who invented badminton, it is widely believed to have originated in ancient Greece about 2000 years ago. From there it spread to China, India, Japan and Siam (now Thailand). [4] An early ancestor of the game may have been the Chinese game of jianzi which involves using a shuttlecock but no racquet. Instead the object was manipulated with the feet. The object of the game is to keep the shuttlecock from touching the ground as long as possible without using the hands.
2006-07-13 04:24:15
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answer #3
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answered by PamM 3
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It was supposed to have originated from Greece in ancient times, and then moved to China and Japan in some form.
The current game of badminton is generally credited to England.
2006-07-13 04:25:12
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answered by Anonymous
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adapted by the british from India. the modern history of badminton began in India with a game known as poona.
2006-07-13 04:24:51
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answered by ongchhh 4
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I'm am pretty sure it was the Welsh. I took badminton in college and she made us learn about the history and it was Welsh or English that started it, but pretty sure Welsh
2006-07-13 04:23:33
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answered by Anonymous
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http://www.sportsknowhow.com/badminton/history/badminton-history.shtml
2006-07-13 04:24:44
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answered by Bugs_Mom 3
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Who Invented Badminton Game
2017-02-24 06:01:59
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answered by tunick 4
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I don't know who invented it but it was a game played at an English estate called Badmintion.
2006-07-13 04:24:06
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answered by adf;lkajdsflj 1
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me!!!
lol jk i dunno
2006-07-13 04:24:06
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answered by *Miss C* 3
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