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Posted on 01/16/2006 7:15:20 AM PST by Grig
You know what sucks? Getting shot in the leg (or anyplace else) by a seven year old who figured out how to pick the lock on your gun. I wouldn’t know firsthand, I’m just saying… seven-year-old lock-picking kids are rampant these days. And apparently the US federal government agrees with me. They’ve so far granted $2 million to the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) for the development of the first “Smart Gun” with Dynamic Grip Recognition technology: a gun with a biometric locking mechanism that will only work with one owner.
The technology consists of a handle outfitted with 32 pressure sensors that record your unique holding pattern.
Sensors and microprocessors analyze the complex interplay of bones and muscles involved in pulling the trigger, all in a fraction of a second. “The way you hold a gun, curl your fingers, contract your hand muscles as you pull the trigger—all of those measurements are unique,” says Donald Sebastian, vice president for research and development at NJIT. At the moment, the prototype achieves a 1 in 100 accuracy, though the Institute plans on pushing that up to 1 in 10,000 before the planned release sometime in 2008.
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Make all the cops and military use them first, then I'll consider.
"1 in a 100 accuracy" means that when you are in a high stress situation the gun will work 1 out of 100 times. Maybe.
Another chip in the second amendment. Glad to see Bush's people have so much money to spend that they can waste a little more.
I'll give the military a pass, but I want the cops to have to use them since a cop is more likely to be shot by his/her own gun. But of course, they will exempt the cops from any law requiring the use of "smart guns".
Taxes suck. Wasteful government sucks. Democrats and Socialists with their stalinist agendas suck.
Being accidentally shot by members of my own family would suck, but the odds just aren't that high. It's more likely I'ld need a gun to work first time
Or the perp has you down with a knife at your throat, your wife reaches for your gun to defend your life, quickly pressing your gun box combo that she memorized, takes aim at the crazed perp and ... whoops, you're dead! (Yeah, I know she should have her own handgun, his and hers nightstands and all that, but that obscures the main point).
I believe this means that of 100 pople who used it only one could fire it. They are trying to get the safety limit up to 10,000 eventually.
God bless our troops wherever they may be.
This thing looks like a liability lawsuit made in heaven any way it goes. If it fails to function when needed or if it operates when it's not supposed to, lawyers are going to have a field day. A manufacturer would have to be insane to build this thing without government protection from being sued.
(Sigh) Sarcasm is lost on some people.
I'll take responsibility for the safety of my family, thank you.
not in THIS house...
I like revolvers and older weapons for their simplicity of function. The simpler the device is, the more likely it is to function. This thing is way out there for me. What will this do to the price of the weapon?
It could be a measure of the technology to sense the "owner" 1 out of every 100 times.
If you are hurt, especially your hand or shooting arm, It won't work.
If you have arthritis, carpal tunnel, or any of a number of conditions which can affect your grip from day to day, it won't work.
If you are really cold, fuhgeddabout it.
If your hand is covered with mud, grease, oil, blood, caserole, whatever, want to bet your life on this?
The most reliable safety device is the human wielding it. Gadgetry invites failure.
Batteries included?
Forget it. What if my hand is injured, what if I have to shoot with my other hand? What if the batteries are worn out. Lock your weapons up properly and no child will get their hands on it. An improperly used gun is dangerous. The answer isn't to make the gun less dangerous but to not use them improperly.
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