[Leica] EYE BLINK TIME?

Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/02/01

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Subject: [Leica] EYE BLINK TIME?
From: spencer at aotera.org (Spencer Cheng)
Date: Mon, 1 Feb 2010 11:02:59 -0500
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On Feb 1, 2010, at 10:46, Steve Barbour wrote:

> 
> they can call a false start even if the runner starts after the gun  ??

Yes. If the runner starts moving less than 0.1s (or something like that) 
after the gun fires, he/she is DQ'ed. Humans cannot react faster than a 
magic number due to the speed of signals propagation in human nerves. The 
sensor is in the starting block now days for major events I believe.

Regards,
Spencer

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