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Shea’s research led him to be lieve the apparatus could be used to improve an athlete’s perfor mance. Shea approached Coach R.C. Slocum about the possibility of placing a specialized helmet on Pavlas that would monitor on vi deotape the quarterback’s eye movements. The helmet, which Shea valued at about $50,000, was rigged with one large lens on the top that re cords Pavlas’ field of vision. That produced the image on Shea’s TV screen. Two small sensors, which are detectors that pick up the movement of the eye, were lo cated in front of Pavlas’ face. They were placed where the face mask normally would be on a reg ular helmet. The sensors bounce an in frared light off Pavlas’ eyes. The dark part of the eyes reflect dif ferently than the light parts, and the sensors pick up the movement. One sensor picks up vertical eye movement, the other hori zontal. The vertical and horizontal movements were reproduced on the TV screen as crossing white lines. The lines are transferred on Pavlas’ field of vision. The experiment was tried out for the first time Wednesday at Kyle Field, and for five minutes Pavlas turned into some kind of “super quarterback.” Pavlas put the helmet on half way into practice, and for the next few minutes took snaps and threw to receivers in scrimmage situations. However, Shea’s mod ified helmet and the cords that connected Pavlas to the video ma chine might have been too much. He completed just one pass in eight attempts, much to tne cha grin of his teammates. “Use the Force, my son,” shouted linebacker Anthony Wil liams, referring to Obi Wan Ke- nobi’s line toward the ending of Star Wars. Shea said he and his staff will study the videotape of the experi ment, then hand it over to Slo cum. “It’s in the early stages of de velopment, so we’re really just looking at exploring at what it can do,” Slocum said. “I see it primar ily as a teaching aid for coaches. This records what the quar terback actually sees, not just what he said he saw.” Pavlas said he saw his receivers well, despite the specialized hel met obstructing his view some what. “It was a little different today,’’ Pavlas said. “It’s kind of weird having a cord hooked up to you — it was like a tail or something. “It blocks your vision a little bit, but it was OK. We’re going to have to wait to see what the film looks like and decide if it’s going to be a helpful tool.” Shea has been targeting his re search toward helping people make chores easier, including the use of machines and computers, turning lights on or off and con trolling robots. Shea said he will continue to do research with the A&M football program, and that hopefully Pav las will be able to wear the helmet in a real, non-contact scrimmage toward the end of spring drills. The only problem with the hel met is that Pavlas moves around, and up until now the equipment has only been used in the labo ratory by mobile subjects, Shea said. “There’s a lot of work from he re,” he said. “We’ve already re- congnized a number of things we need to do before it can be used efficiently out in the field. “This is the biggest challenge we’ve had.” Or MSC Political Forum SOUTH AFRICA SERIES: Part II ONE MAN ONE VOTE by: SHUPENG COAPOGE Member of the ANC Observer Mission to the U. N. Thursday April 5, 1990 7:00 p.m. 100 Heldenfels Free Admission Refreshments * This program is for educational purposes only and does not necessarily represent the views of MSC Political Forum. SALE SALE SALE SALE SALE SALE SALE SALE SALE SALE SALE SALE SALE SALE SALE 1U < in nu Contact Lenses Only Quality Name Brands ^ (Bausch & Lomb, Ciba, Barnes-Hinds-Hydrocurve) $ 1 28°° TOTAL COST... includes eye exam, free care kit, and std. daily wear, ex tended wear, or tinted lenses. 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