Electronic Binding! no Prerelease!

havent read it but what happens when it runs out of batteries? will it be affected by that?
 
DCI developed the Electronic Ski Binding, an energy-based system that continuously integrated the force over time and compared the value to a preset safety threshold. Extensive analyses and field tests accompanied the effort, and prototype bindings were demonstrated at numerous ski industry trade shows. The new technology virtually eliminated pre-release and non-release situations.

nevermind, they're marker. i wouldnt trust it either
 
donsent someone make binding where the din is adjusted electroniicly??? i swear someone does, like atomic maybe
 
Atomic makes a binding with an electronic DIN adjustment and digital display window. It also tells you when your boot isn't in the binding correctly, weighs a ridiculous amount, has a SICK riser, and I totally forget what happens when you run out of batteries, though that's unlikely to happen (battery life is supposedly ridiculous). It also costs a stupid amount of money.

But it's not quite the same as this thing.
 
That would be awesome... you could probaly make it work with your garage door opener... and you could make people release whenever you wanted. Think of the possibilities...
 
marker and their great technological advances.....no thank you. but an interesting idea for beginers and old people, or a completely awful attempt at making a few bucks for dumb shit.Soon we will see them in the magazines on aiplanes, airmall? or even better sharper image.
 
atomic's binding just had an lcd screen and a computer with wireless technology, so that the toepeice and heelpiece can communicate and make sure the pressure is right. it has nothing to do with when the binding releases. and the atomic bindings still work once the batteries run out
 
it looks really bulky, and i wouldnt want my ski to not fall off if i have a huge bail, cause i could completly own my legs or something, and i doubt there are many ski racers that do use it it looks so freaking bulky!
 
based on what it said about low pressure over relatively long periods, id thing that if you did a mute or something youd pull it off every time.
 
very true, ive broken 2 pairs. 1 was in my backyard and 1 was at cranmore coming off a box switch i lifted my foot and the break just ripped off and went all the way down the mtn. the part that pissed me off the most was the guy that it was gonna hit and he could've saved my ski just moved out of the way and let it keep going down.
 
it's cool that someone is working on something like that. If you could replace like half of the hardware in a binding with a little microchip, they'd be super light.
 
yeah so electronics they seem to get pretty messed up when in contact with water. Snow = water, therefore this electronic binding doesn't sound that great to me
 
i love how everyone is so opposed to it, yet it's an obvious advance inthe ski industry.. it's like everyone saying YEAH RIGHT to gasoline cars when they all had wagons. obviousyl the first is goign to suck, but we are using equipment that hasnt changed much over the course of our sport.

that being said, it obviously has worked so why change it.. all i say is why be afraid of the future?
 
Because that fear is well founded. We currently have bindings that do work well, and we trust our legs and livelihoods with them on a regular basis. Bindings are not something to fuck around with, and I see too much electrical shit going haywire around me. The forces that a ski binding must put up with are certently enough to destroy electonic gadgetry. However, electronics could be used to help this forward, but if we do it, we must do it cautiously, because fancy equipment means nothing if it doesn't work properly.
 
Dude if people fucked up there knees it's because binding didn't worked right... and 2 yeah electronics is only good if it works well... but a binding is simply some spring with a force putted into them so that's how it release... the more you press the spring the more the tension is high so it's harder it is to release...not that complicated...But the thing with electronic bindings would be that it would automaticly release if something goes wrong, but that's all about biomechanics(I think that's how it is called) and I don't know about that...
 
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