Anti-diving shin pads: The end of diving or stupid and annoying?

Diving has long been a cold sore on the lip of the beautiful game, but now there is new technology that promises to vanquish it forever! Sounds great, right? Well, not so fast, Seymour -- the sound of it just exactly the problem.

Trials have already begun in London on prototype shin pads that aim to alert referees when contact is made on a tackle and when there's simulation at work. Our friends at Eurosport help explain:

And here's an image that breaks down what all that looks like...

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So every time there is a tackle with actual contact, an alarm will sound. And there will be no alarm when a player dives. That seems backwards to me. Also, how are officials going to hear every beep in a loud stadium filled with tens of thousands of screaming people? There's no way that's going to work. But even if you could hear the beeps, how annoying would that be over the course of a match? Especially if it's a match that involves Paul Scholes.

I have a much better idea, though. Instead of sounding an alarm when there actually is contact, let's rig up shin pads that give the diver a high voltage electric shock every time there isn't contact. That'll eradicate diving real quick. Although it could increase shoving fouls.

Note: I'm assuming everything in the video and the image has a Texaco logo on it because they're sponsoring this technology and/or using it to try and somehow increase football's dependence on oil.