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  • Date Created: 9 Jan 2014 10:43 PM Date Created
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Linux-powered rifle brings “auto-aim” to the real world

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9 Jan 2014

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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

 

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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!

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The whole article is here at Arstechnica

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    mconners over 11 years ago in reply to Problemchild

    They address that in the article I link, albeit briefly. Looks like you manually adjust for wind.

     

    The more I read, the cooler it is, but I still don't think I'd want to own one. And it looks like their target market is in fact hunters.

     

    There's your ethical question.

     

    Mike

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    mconners over 11 years ago in reply to mconners

    http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2013/03/bullseye-from-1000-yards-shooting-the-17000-linux-powered-rifle/

     

    interesting read, there are several more articles on that site.

     

    Mike

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    Problemchild over 11 years ago in reply to mconners

    Cometh the revolution cometh the men

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    Problemchild over 11 years ago in reply to mcb1

    Mark, i wonder if the calibration issues could be worked through by a series of calibration shots at varying distances etc  (obviously not all the time)  when the accuracy starts to drift or I suppose if it can work out where the last round hit it could use that in a process of continuous improvement. Also I expect you are right taht some form of local guestimate of the wind must be calculated and used here not some mythical wind speed somewhere down range.

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    mconners over 11 years ago 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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