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Linux-powered rifle brings “auto-aim” to the real world

Problemchild

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The Idea of gun totting penguins comes to mind but this is the real thing a $17K rifle from a

company from Austin Tx called Trackingpoint

 

View Through the Sight

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The aiming system actually makes the pressure required to pull the trigger change depending on the lock

so it's still possible to fire with out the computer but it's much harder so the human is still in charge of

firing but still it raises ethical questions!

The whole article is here at Arstechnica

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  • What do you consider the ethical question? We've had guided armaments for quite a while now?

     

    Mike

  • in reply to mconners

    Good question , the human selects the target and ultimately pulls the trigger the technology is very much a shooter's aid. The questions I see here are as it becomes a fully automatic system.

    i also wonder about software contributors seeing the Linux OS and what ever OSS software been put into this and similar objects. So my point isn't with this weapon specifically but maybe where it could lead.

  • in reply to mconners

    Well put, the morality is still with those who use it. With regards to the rifle it's a very interesting technical marvel and at $17K not that many will be buying it new there will be a core of well healed hunters with them and a few that will find it far too expensive a tool to take out in to some real dirt. Again as you say the military may buy a few but this is a very high price item. Maybe this is the deluxe 1st model and they hope to bring out the more affordable one with most f the features and some of the bugs ironed out... We'll see how this goes !!

  • in reply to mcb1

    I think you can fire at any time as long as you don't want the computer to help. Also they mention waiting several seconds whilst depressing "mode" buttons to set the targetting method so it could be a good few seconds for target assistance but I assume this is something you have already set up before setting up the position ..

     

    Any way are you rigging this baby to your "Santa Catcher" ...Give me the mountain bike or I put a "cap in your ***" Santa........devilish glee emoticon could of gone hereimage

  • in reply to mcb1

    Yeah, I was curious about the wind as well, especially between 0 - 1000 yards. I could be behind a house or other cover as the shooter, and the wind could be blowing 40 mph somewhere between me and the target. I should go to their website and see if they address it, but it may be more fun to speculate.

     

    BTW, the boot time was addressed in the video, 2 secs for "standard" mode, 15 secs for advanced, which if I understood correctly was one mode was you could be moving, the other mode the target could be moving.

     

    Mike

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    It raises some questions sure, and I have no problem with guns, as its not the guns fault it is the user.

    Its a very interesting concept, and is not your average persons purchase, but I wonder what will happen when the Asian market starts copying it.

    They don't actually say how they get the wind information, which I'm interested in.

     

    I wonder what the boot time is .."hang on Mr shooter ...my guns booting" isn't going to work too well.

    Good blog John ...thanks but I won;t be asking Santa for one.

     

     

    mark

  • in reply to mconners

    Michael

    Thanks, I haven't watched the video yet, but the varying wind over that distance was also my interest.

    We use ultrasonic wind sensors for work, which had issues when rain squawls came through .... (they now modulate the frequency), but these are only 300mm apart and are bi-directional transmit and receive pairs.

    So I am intrigued.

     

    I'm also not sure how you counteract a barrel wear ..sure it becomes less accurate, or do they tailor the ammo for the wear?

    2 secs will get you video into the display and 15 secs is not bad at all. (I tend to forget that using ram and the like gets you much quicker up-time).

     

    Still when the police misfire that emf pulse thing that Cabe blogged about, your Winchester or an AK47 will still work.

    Mark

  • in reply to mcb1

    element14 leaks wrote:

    Still when the police misfire that emf pulse thing that Cabe blogged about, your Winchester or an AK47 will still work.

     

    Damn right !!! image

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