Bandai’s LuminoDisc isn’t just a top that uses LEDS to display text while spinning, although that’s pretty neat. According to Technabob:

“If you hit a certain threshold, you’ll see secret hidden messages and animations. There are a couple of game modes, like trying to hit 150 rotations in 10 seconds, and a really tricky mode called “Just 100″ in which you need to stop the spinning at exactly 100 revolutions.”

So it’s a toy that measures a rate of motion over 10 seconds — it’s basically a Shooting Watch, but for spinning a top. I don’t think that’s a skill that can be applied to video game performance (or really anything else) but it’s cool to see the idea behind the Shooting Watch applied to another activity.

See also: More Shooting Watch business

tags / shooting watch / bandai / luminodisc / jc