This was bound to be produced sooner or later, and here it is: the Netgoban! Here’s the description from the official website.
Netgoban is an electronic Go board that allows you to enjoy the feeling of a traditional wooden Go board while taking advantage of all the possibilities of online and computer Go.
It may be made out of any normal wood, such as Shin-Kaya, and it is connected to the PC through a USB cable. It detects where you place your stones, and it can indicate where a stone should be placed with a flashing light in the corresponding position. And it’s clever enough to figure out where you played even if you slide the stone over the board when placing it!
Netgoban offers plenty of new possibilities in many different situations:
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At tournaments
- Automatic broadcasting and recording of the games - Automatic time keeping |
At home
- Replay stored games and problems easily
– Follow broadcast games directly on the Netgoban |
At clubs and classes
- Play online when no opponent is available |
If i understood everthing right, then this is only a concept and not a retail-version. I wonder if they’ll implement even more useful stuff to later versions. Like an MP3-player or a ventilator.
It may be made out of any normal wood, such as Shin-Kaya, and it is connected to the PC through a USB cable. It detects where you place your stones, and it can indicate where a stone should be placed with a flashing light in the corresponding position. And it’s clever enough to figure out where you played even if you slide the stone over the board when placing it!
Netgoban offers plenty of new possibilities in many different situations:
|
At tournaments
- Automatic broadcasting and recording of the games - Automatic time keeping |
At home
- Replay stored games and problems easily
– Follow broadcast games directly on the Netgoban |
At clubs and classes
- Play online when no opponent is available |
Croatian Go player residing and playing in Switzerland. Currently around 1d.
Playing in Go Club Zürich and sometimes Go Club Winterthur. 
A tiny helicopter which places the opponents stones would be a nice feature!
I want one. I love playing on a goban, even when I play KGS games (if they’re slow enough). This would be perfect.
It looks kind of nice. I’d probably get one too. It’s the first “speaking Goban” ^^ (assuming it has a built-in clock)
I want one!!!
How much does it cost? It is expensive? I need one now!!!
This looks so cool, please tell me it is not fake news.
oh, just realised it is not a finished product. I am so sad…