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will allow the system to flag unusually poor performances and forward the information for
appropriate remedial action. Comparison of present performances with the data from past ones
by the same individual would provide useful information for teaching and evaluation. Our patent
#5,983,129 covers analyzing these brainwave signals in association with an event and also using
them to modify the subsequent presentation by a computer or simulator. The possibility of
integrating this approach with measurements of eye fixation could produce even more refined
measurements and descriptions of the sequences.
Due to a change in priorities associated with the development of the DARWARS project
and a funding crunch at DARPA, we are currently looking for additional funding to continue
research and development. Our collaborators have developed a new system small enough to fit
completely on a golf visor. It will soon be wirelessly connected to the PC. We have planned a
very sophisticated series of further validation studies for our ConAlert measures and a new, more
powerful measure still under development.
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45 th Annual Conference of the International Military Testing Association
Pensacola, Florida, 3-6 November 2003