The deal gives Hawk-Eye the opportunity to expand into football, despite missing out on the contract to supply the goal-line technology for this summer's Fifa Confederations Cup.

BBC: Hawk-Eye's inventor eyes football expansion

If you're wondering whether or not MIT's work will venture beyond the labs, don't -- the project was financed by contract manufacturing giant Foxconn, and it's already catching the eye of Microsoft Research.

ENGADGET: MIT imaging chip creates natural-looking flash photos Alt