CTRUS Football, designed by AGENT, received the 2010 Red Dot Luminary Award. CTRUS Football is the first soccer ball that you can see through.
The ball's functional principle is based on the mechanical properties of its materials. CTRUS is composed by an inner structure (skelle-core) and an outer net-embedded shell, made out of reinforced elastomers. These pieces have different durometer according to its structural location. The flexibility provided by its materials, emulates the bounce of an inflated pneumatic soccer ball, but offers the advantage of not using air in order to perform.
CTRUS provides added functionality controlled by the electronic components in its nucleus which communicate wirelessly with control stations at the stadium:
- Inner light, color changes at critical game situations (goal, offside and out of bounds).
- Recording of kick force and travel speed.
- Location of the ball relative to the court (Interactive Detection System via GPS/RFID).
- P.O.V. camera footage (software stabilized image).
