Christian Froeschlin <chrfr [at] chrfrde> wrote:
> Google actually turned up a patent applying this to golf balls ;)
>
> "A golf ball having a plurality of dimples on its surface, the dimples
> as a whole are distributed on at least a portion of the golf ball using
> principles of electromagnetic theory. The dimples placed on the golf
> ball surface are assigned charge values that are used to determine the
> electric potential. A solution method is then applied to minimize the
> potential by rearrangement of the dimple positions."
>
> http://www.freepatentsonline.com/6884184.html

Interesting idea, but I wonder how this actually works with respect to the
prinicpal of having the dimples in the first place which is an aerodynamic
flow problem...

-tgq

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