What's the Hot Spot, is it something to do with snicko...?

Question

...or is it an additional gadget that I don't know about. Also isn't Channel 9 in Aus a megalo-Murdoch channel? If so then how come they aren't sharing the facilities with Sky

What's more, does it mean that the Snicko, Hawkeye gadgetry doesn't actually belong to Sky TV but that they lease the service of it and so Channel 9 has merely beaten them to it

When was the last time Sky TV didn't hsve it all their own way? In an analogy with the game itself, it looks like over the course of the series, they've had their arses kicked

At least the absence of such great technology doesn't effect the coverage of TMS on the radio. Do you get to listen to this down under.

Woooah Collingwod finally bites the dust and now we get to see if Freddie can restore some much needed confidence

Answer 1

It isn't the snicko. Snicko works on detecting sound. Hot Spot works by detecting heat created on friction created by colliding objects (like ball and bat).

The Hot Spot device records play using two infra-red cameras that show the miniscule amount of heat generated from the friction when two objects collide.

It then uses computer technology to generate a negative image showing the precise point of contact between the two objects, providing what Nine describes as definitive proof of the ball's passage.

It said the technology could determine whether the ball has snicked the bat for a dismissal or whether a player should be adjudged leg before wicket (lbw) for padding the ball away in the strike zone.

Nine managed to gain approval to use the cameras only a few days before the Ashes and they were rushed from Paris, where they have been under development.

The cameras were born on the battlefields of the Middle East, where the US uses the technology to track tanks and jet fighters.

Answer 2

If you are referring to Hotspot, this term forms a region of high or special activity within a larger area of low or normal activity.

The term applies to different things in different contexts:

Hot spot (crime), an area containing high numbers of criminal incidents

Hotspot (economic), an area of very rapid economic growth

Hotspot (geology), a location that has experienced active volcanism for a long time

DNA has positions called "hotspots" where mutations occur very frequently

Biodiversity hotspot, a region of significant biodiversity threatened with destruction

Hotspot (Wi-Fi), a Wi-Fi access point or area, in particular for connecting to the Internet

Hot Spot (musical), a 1963 musical with lyrics by Martin Charnin and music by Mary Rodgers

The Hot Spot, a 1990 film with Don Johnson and Jennifer Connelly Screen hotspots, especially in GUI applications, provide areas on which computer-users click or hover for extra information-processing

HotSpot, the primary Java Virtual Machine produced by Sun Microsystems

Hotspot (character), a character in the Teen Titans animated series

Hot Spot (Transformers) is the name of several Transformers characters.

"The Hotspot" is a weekly podcast by the editors of GameSpot discussing various gaming-related news and events.

Hotspot (stage lighting) The center of a beam of light from a stage lighting instrument that appears brighter than the surrounding light

However, if you are referring to hotspots, these are venues that offer Wi-Fi access. The public can use their laptop, PDA, or Dual-mode phone to access the Internet. Of the estimated 150 million laptops, 14 million PDAs, and other emerging Wi-Fi devices sold per year for the last few years, most include the Wi-Fi feature.

For venues that have broadband service, offering wireless access is as simple as purchasing one AP and connecting the AP with the gateway box. Hotspots are often found at restaurants, train stations, airports, libraries, coffee shops, bookstores, and other public places. Many universities and schools have wireless networks in their campus.

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