PITTSBURGH -- Imagine: no more guessing in football games if it was it a touch down or a fumble.

A professor at Carnegie Mellon University has a new device that would take the guesswork out of calls by the referees.

CMU Professor Could Put End To NFL Ref Guesswork

CMU students are developing technology which could make all the difference in games like the AFC championship taking place at Heinz Field on Sunday. A smart glove and football that have sensors embedded inside can track the ball's exact location.

Who can forget that controversial game winning touchdown against Baltimore? Ben Roethlisberger to Santonio Holmes at the goal line with under two minutes to play. The refs call it a touchdown, take another look, and rule the ball did break the plane of the end zone, giving the Steelers a victory.

But what if the call had gone Baltimore's way? Priya Narasimhan of the CMU mobility research center wants to be able to get a definitive answer.

"I'd love to be able to say 'control versus possession.' Somebody has possession of the ball, do they have control?" Narasimhan said.

Thanks to the football-frenzied professor's work, and the work of her 15 sports-loving CMU student researchers, a high-tech gadget is being developed. The smart glove will give coaches, players and referees a way to see the play perfectly, even when the cameras and the refs can't.

"Essentially you can talk to the ball and say, 'Where did you land? Where will you stop?'" Narasimhan said.

"I'm the type of guy where every Saturday and Sunday I'm watching football. So, I'm just trying to find a way to make class more fun by applying sports to it. And thankfully, the professors here are pretty open minded," said one of the smart football's creators Mike Chuang.

The sensors, wireless transmitters and battery packs are embedded in the smart football and gloves.

"There's 15 one each fingertip, joints and around the side," said Adam Goldhammer, another student working on the glove.

The sensors send signals to a computer which pinpoints the balls location on the field.

"You can tell did they wobble the ball or whether they held it straight and can you make decisions like that," said Narasimhan.

Although they still have a few design flaws to work out, the technology should be ready for a serious beating in six months.

"My dream is to be on the sidelines of the Super Bowl when this gets used," Narasimhan said.