@@419HLR even if your statement is correct (which it isn’t), the ball still would be worse cause, according to you, the new ball is lighter than a normal ball (which it isn’t)
Makes me wonder if the ball will have similar aerodynamics and trajectory with all of the holes in it. Shooters will have to adjust if this is an issue if the NBA ever adopts this weird tech
@@PhoenixKeebs I watched his video on it before this one and the drop test results were the same as this but for some reason bro said it feels just like a normal ball. Wilson must’ve sponsored his ass cuz that shit clearly did not bounce the same.
@@PhoenixKeebs MIBHD’s video is a short performing a drop test with an NBA ball. His results were actually pretty similar bounces unlike this video. Glad I could tell u what his video was!
Since he can lie with a straight face into a camera that's proving him wrong in real time and not even flinch? Yup, politician or fox/xTwitter news anchor for sure
Nah. He made it worse by saying the NBA uses a "standard, Wilson ball". Michael Jordan's hands might belong to Wilson. But the NBA hands dribble Spauldings.
To increase the bounciness, they will be made of double (or triple) -layered patches stitched together like a soccer ball (but maybe the patch shape will be different). The one piece construction is very stupid FOR A FINAL PRODUCT. However, it does a great job of serving as proof that.... .....there are bouncy materials which can be 3D printed. (Sorry for stating the obvious)
@@DutchVanDerLindo the heck you talking about? The holes give the 3D printed ball a lot more surface area than a regular ball which gives it a lot more drag and friction. There's a good reason why airplanes are completely covered with panels instead of just being the frame that holds it together.
@@robbieaulia6462 the what? Like, did you really just said that airplanes are not made of frames just for the sake of aerodynamics? Yeah, there is a good reason, it is named "safety".
@@robbieaulia6462 Drag isn't determined by surface area, but the surface normal, relative to velocity of the air. Surface normals 90 degrees to the air's velocity will (nominally) have little effect on drag, relative to surface normals that are parallel to it. Of course, when you take into account turbulent flow, things are more complicated, but I would expect the ball with gaps to exhibit less air resistance overall. You can see this intuitively by feeling the air resistance of a fly swatter, when the head is covered by a flat piece of paper, vs when it's uncovered (indeed, this principle is why fly swatter's are designed with holes in the first place - the air disturbed by a solid head would actually propel the fly away from it).
@@Perennial_Curiosity trust me I understand that, but Gods word never returns void. As long as someone reads it no matter the outcome is what matters to me!
Bounce test is fine. Storage is the problem. You need to remember - the air in a basketball exerts actual pressure outwards. You can pile some stuff on top of it and, up until a certain not-insignificant weight, it will not deform. Try that with this. Storage and transport of these, for me, would make it too inconvenient for regular use. If I can't chuck it in the trunk and forget about it it's a hassle.
It bounced higher on the carpet weirdly. We won't see that garbage for at least 7,000 years. Good luck hiding the magnet in a ball that's see through 😂😂😂😂😂
There will be a lot more wind resistance when the ball is being passed, the holes creates drag which will slow its motion somewhat. I’d like to see some half court tests to show if there is much delay
@@lorenzo9895_ No because of the resistance and turbulence caused by the air being unable to smoothly flow through the holes. The holes and their shape represent a miniature shape that is not aerodynamically efficient, whereas air travels smoothly around a conventional spherical object.
@@lorenzo9895_ the simplest way to think of this without advanced mathematics would be to imagine, placing a bunch of straws that were taped together in front of a leaf blower and comparing the air coming from the leaf blower to the amount coming out of the straws when placed in front of the stream of air. in this example, the loss created by turbulence would probably be much less than I expect the ball would have, but it would be quite distinct, even without any sort of metering equipment
@@javiermendez9672drop test even on two regular basketballs that are inflated a little different will b closer to the same return height than what we just saw. Basically the 3D one hasn't quite figure out how to now be so flat yet 😂
it's even worse, aerodynamic drag of that thing is most likely ~3x of the normal basketball because of those holes, it would fly like a table tenis ball, not very far...
I suspect what's Wilson's strategy: They'll cover the holes in "Gen 2" in order to avoid the dirt accumulation inside and some problems related to air flows through the ball when it's shot.
@@DraftPuNkkk- For now. But it’s a prototype. Imagine being able to 3D print your ball and never having to inflate. Why wouldn’t you want innovation. Such a boomer ass way of thinking.
@@jsl6155 Zoomer thinking: Everything must change now even if the time isnt right. I imagine people who have trouble keeping a ball inflated wont be able to afford 3d printers large enough to create basketballs. The presenter also mentioned melting of the rubber material which adds more difficulty. Also, Im sure Wilson will be safeguarding this material so the public wont simply be able to print their own balls.
Are you kidding? You can make a somewhat less-bouncy ball using a 3d printer for only three times the cost of a regular ball. How is that not way better? The future is now!
@@dmsmhicdoesn’t need to be inflated. That’s an advantage. Uses less material, more environmentally friendly. Two very obvious advantages. By not needing inflation it hopefully will maintain a more predictable bounce. Less material since it’s perforated means less waste overall. Yes it’s three times the cost now, but it’s small batch, once you expand to large quantities economy of scale kicks in and it will be cheaper.
Wilson isn't even the seller of the basketball... It's the 3d printing company. And they're sending invitations to most famous youtubers to their convention.
It reminds me a lot of the myth that the U.S. spent millions creating a “super pen” once because they found out normal pens wouldn’t write in space, whereas the Soviets used a pencil.
It's funny you think it has no uses just because your too short sighted to see one. People on the internet need to have their opinions removed and this is a prime example of that
I think it’s because he just kinda let both of them go while holding them in one hand each. It wasn’t a sophisticated drop test. Hold two basketballs, one in each hand. Let them drop. You’ll see your hands don’t drop them with the same amount of force because that’s not how a drop test works. Usually you suspend them and let them drop, or even hold them with two hands.
There’s a lot of benefits to that basketball though, the surface area of the ball means that it won’t get pushed around by the wind, it won’t go flat so you don’t need to inflate it, and it will last much longer than a regular basketball
Yea pretty ambitious to claim it will "happen sooner than you think"... Trying to solve something that isn't really a problem. Cool tech but I don't think this is the use case.
@@CowboyKermit1money is broken. Maintenance of balls cost money... But who am I to know, this ball prolly costs 2-3x the amount of a regular one. Don't know, but someone's gonna have to hire someone good with numbers to optimize profits.
How? I imagine the holes would act as pips like on a golf ball. Remember, basketballs should spin when you shoot them. I don’t see aerodynamics being a problem.
Some players put more spin on the ball others, the aerodynamics will be affected with a hollow ball no ifs ands or maybes, but like I said, they will put a thin layer of skin in the future so the air passing through won't be as pronounced. Golf balls aren't a great example because they aren't 'airless'. An extreme example would be trying to use these balls outdoors, these will wobble more than Ronaldo knuckleballing one of those $2 children balls. You don't need a PHD in Aerodynamics to know that even the slightest bit of wind will the ball behave wildly different to a traditional ball. Even if / when a ball is spinning in the air, the aerodynamics are still widly affected with there being holes all over the structure. I can bet any amount of money that players will notice a difference
If its full of holes it won't cut through the air the same having air go through the ball I guess would cause turbulence and it won't have a true flight right?
@@samuelmunoz1464 debatable. You could say dame is slightly more consistent from longer range but don't act like curry can't shoot the same shots and make them.
Well it dribbles the same . & the bounce can’t be determined 1:1 unless it’s dropped in the same spot , at the same time , with the same hand , from the same height
@@zat1245 That's the EASY answer? What's the easier answer, really? That the actual basketball shown just happens to not bounce like a normal basketball? Or that the non-basketball doesn't bounce like a normal basketball? Besides, how does a "normal" basketball bounce? What are the requirements for an ACTUAL basketball to be defined as "normal"?
You’ll be irritated after a single summer when the polymers dry out and turn to peanut brittle. All right not that brittle, but brittle. Manufacturer will recoup their upfront costs with high prices for the space age technology, and consider the immediate failure of the product a win, because it’ll help them improve the product. We don’t really need plastic expensive to produce things to replace rubber cheaper to produce things, do we? Airing up isn’t that hard, is it? Right? Or is it
@@TravisTheSavage Tires that don’t have air in them aren’t permanent tires. Most tire sales are standard replacements, and that’d continue. The tread still wears down. More likely they’re costly to produce and the people who want to spend big money on tires tend to want speed over durability. I’m guessing on that last bit. But there’s no conspiracy, there’s just not a reasonably-sized market sector that wants to buy them. But if you want a reason to be contemptuous of tire companies, the wars started and continued by rubber crops in Liberia are harder to make sense of
@@lamsmiley1944 with Capitalism being obsessed with planned obsolescence you can rest assured a product you don't need to replace is never coming to public hands.
Already exist, used only for industrial equipment and are crazy expensive. There are also foam-filled tires but again only for industrial use. There are also run-flat tires used on lots of high-end cars without spare tires. But they are only good to limp your car to the nearest tire shop.
I want to see it be shot. On a windy day, the ball will probably be pushed around a lot more than a normal ball would. (edit) Ok. I did extensive research on this topic. First, If the ball is supposedly the same weight as the official NBA game ball, then the ball should actually be affected less by wind and fluid friction than an NBA ball because it has less surface area, allowing air to pass through the ball. Second, if the ball is made out of carbon fiber as claimed, then then ball could have the chance to deform if enough force is applied. To make sure this doesn't happen, the manufacturer should add a complex pyramid-shaped core to support the force. (edit 2) After thinking about this for about a year and educating myself on physics, I have concluded that this ball would most definitely be pushed around more on a windy day. The ball would actually have more surface area because of the accessible area on the inside of the ball and on the sides of the holes in the ball which would allow air molecules to affect it more. However, despite contrary belief, carbon fibre is actually denser than the leather and core of the ball that would be on a regular basketball. That being said, the ball would probably weigh the same. There would also be minimal risk of deformation as carbon fibre is a fairly strong material. How would it bounce tho? You can stop fighting in the replies now lol
The 3d printed ball has far more area for the air to pass through without resistance than a regular basketball does because of the holes in and since they weigh ab the same it would probably get pushed less by the wind.
Actually no a regular ball will be moved more in the wind, if they both are the same weight then the one with more surface area will be moved more by wind.
The bounce on the drop is due to something we know as “terminal Velocity” The 3D printed ball is a bit lighter than the traditional Basketball so it falls at a slower rate than the Traditional inflatable basketball, which is why it doesn’t bounce as high on the drop test!
I mean why not just save that little amount of time? We don't NEED cars, horses worked just fine! We don't need houses, caves work just fine! Stfu about not fixing things that don't NEED to be fixed. If it adds any improvement, why not improve it?
@@MathematicalJoeBiden lol we don’t need cars? I haven’t aired up my basketball once this year and I’ve had it for 2 years. I drive my car every day. Did you really just compare an airless basketball to a vehicle?
@@michaelshawusa1 we don’t need cars Rome was built around humans the streets were narrow we only use cars like we do now because we built car centered cities that was his point
Curious about the ball's aerodynamics. It's weight, density, and the holes it has could affect the flight of the ball when shooting or passing. I wonde if it's feasible to play with it in all aspects
I suspect it's like the difference between a pickle ball and a tennis ball, if the pickle ball weighed the same. There's just way more drag being created by all those holes.
There’s likely no difference in drag since the inside of the ball should never have any measurable degree of wind flowing through it, due to its specific design. The ball as a whole would have as much resistance as any other ball of the same size. Iunno where y’all are pulling this from.
@@ZacharyVeredI think the main issue comes from the added surface area exposed to the outside. Because of the holes, molecules of dust, dirt, debris, etc. can probably accumulate over the course of a single game alone to the point that the highly trained players of the NBA might start to shoot worse further into the game due to the weight discrepancies. It will be interesting to see if that does actually prove to be an issue.
I know it's a joke, but we are really lacking compressed air 😁 Compressed air is one of the most expensive and polluting ressource, because it need a lot of energy to be made and is very difficult to keep. Compressed air is generally more expensive that petrol products. Do you never look at the price of bottles of compressed air ?
@@jordanious7711 Wiki: "In industry, compressed air is so widely used that it is often regarded as the fourth utility, after electricity, natural gas and water. However, compressed air is more expensive than the other three utilities when evaluated on a per unit energy delivered basis" "In Europe, 10 percent of all industrial electricity consumption is to produce compressed air-amounting to 80 terrawatts hours consumption per year." It's not because it's everywhere that it's cheap and clean...
