Technology

Last week Scopos reached a milestone and manufactured our 3000th Athena Target, an important milestone in our commitment to modernize the sport.Sixteen years ago Scopos (then Shooter’s Technology) launched the Orion Scoring System. A revolution for the sport; Orion digitally scored paper targets, ...

Pi Day, March 14th, is a celebration of all things science, technology, engineering and mathematics. Here at Scopos, we pride ourselves at being a technology company. We use the Raspberry Pi as the CPU module for all of our Electronic Scoring Target (EST) units, including Targets, Monitors, and ...

Last summer we introduced the Result List Axiom, a basic set of rules that all shooting competitions should follow to engage spectators. By adhering to these basic standards, competitions are more entertaining, competitive, and engaging. Without them shooting remains in the dark ages of sports. ...

The shooting sports are growing thanks to technology. Electronic Scoring Targets (ESTs) have made instant results possible, bringing with it engaged spectators and thrilling competitions. But this growth comes with added responsibilities; clubs big and small need a designated technical officer (TO) ...

“I fired an 8 on the first shot.” These were the words my father wrote in his shooting diary 60 years ago today, on his way to winning the 300m Free Rifle event in the Tokyo Olympics and setting a new world record. For him, these words were a prelude to his triumph over a disastrous start. For ...

At Scopos our goal is to turn shooting into a spectator sport. As a company we can only do so much to achieve this goal. Scopos has built the tools, but Match Directors and Range Officers have to know how to use our tools to help popularize and publicize shooting as a sport. In this article we ...

Orion and Rezults are full of new features that benefit athletes, coaches, and spectators. Learn to take advantage of everything Orion has to offer by following these five new best practices. Set the Start and End DateThe start and end date, which you set in Match Properties, is used to tell Orion ...

Scopos is pleased to announce our new Rezults Leaderboard. It’s state of the art, easy to use, and easy to follow. It’s available now on Rezults for all events supported by Orion, and works with both Electronic Scoring Targets (ESTs) and paper targets. Rezult’s Leaderboard is designed to ...

Imagine for a moment, going to a baseball game this summer and not knowing how the home team is doing because there is no scoreboard. Or what about trying to watch your alma mater on television playing in an NCAA tournament, but you do not know which team is ahead because the TV producers were not ...

Scopos is constantly looking for ways to innovate and improve both Orion and Athena. Our most recent improvement is to the mechanical lift of our Athena ESTs. Our new cable operated pulley lift system is an improvement over the previous threaded rod lift in several ways:Quieter: Existing Athena ...