The device, currently under development, detects eye movements affected by drugs and alcohol. The researchers behind a new portable drug-and-alcohol testing device hope that, once ready, their product could help police get drug-impaired drivers off the road.
It’s called the Ophthalight and it’s being developed by a group including Ehsan Daneshi, a PhD student in computational neuroscience at Simon Fraser University.
“We are in the very early stage of developing this device for law enforcement and initial feedback from a couple of contacts we have over there was very positive,” he said, explaining the device was initially intended for medical purposes, but they realized it could be marketed to law enforcement agencies.
Rafferty Baker – CBC News – Oct 06, 2016.
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