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Because it’s tucked half a world away from the centre of the racing action in Europe and the USA, New Zealand has a long history of ingenuity, often coming up with solutions that match or even exceed the best on offer anywhere else. Couple that with world class manufacturing skill and you get products like Mimirbox.
Mimirbox is the brainchild of Darren Conway, a keen karter and former weapons engineer with extensive experience implementing major military and commercial systems. Conway recognised that the number of volunteers willing to donate their time at circuits is dwindling, and many existing volunteers are retiring. Without theses volunteers circuits have to choose between the high on-going costs of paid officials and marshals, or implementing technology based solutions like Mimirbox – named after Mimir, a figure in Norse mythology renowned for his knowledge and wisdom.
Electronic systems like Mimirbox will never get bored, they don’t need feeding, they don’t need to sleep and they don’t get sick
Conway also recognised that while new electronic systems would be relatively expensive to purchase to begin with, they are cheap to run and much more reliable. Electronic systems don’t get bored, don’t need feeding, they don’t need sleep and they don’t get sick.
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The traditional approach to motorsport applications is to have a collection of systems that operate standalone. The timing system, event registration, track signals,
