CBS5 profiles Center for Emergency Management and Homeland Security's impaired driving device
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It's a device that measures tiny movements in the eyes. And it could be the solution law enforcement needs to combat the growing problem of impaired driving caused by drug use.
CBS5 talked to Rick Dale, director of the Center for Emergency Management and Homeland Security about a collaborative project that uses infrared cameras on smart phones or tablets to track eye movements. The technology is used to help diagnose those with Alzheimer's or Parknson's disease. Dale says the application can also be used to identify those high on marijuana or other drugs.
"It actually measures micro saccadic eye movement, which is involuntary eye movement, which tells us whether or not a particular portion of the brain is impaired," Dale told CBS5 reporter Lindsey Reiser.
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