New Smart Gun Company Hopes To Begin Production This Summer 632
Lucas123 writes Safe Gun Technology (SGTi) is hoping it can begin production on its version of a smart gun within the next two months. The Columbus, Ga.-based company uses relatively simple fingerprint recognition through a flat, infrared reader positioned on the weapon's grip. The biometrics reader enables three other physical mechanisms that control the trigger, the firing pin and the gun hammer. The controller chip can save from 15,000 to 20,000 fingerprints. If a large military unit wanted to program thousands of finger prints into a single weapon, it would be possible. A single gun owner could also temporarily program a friend or family member's print into the gun to go target shooting and then remove it upon returning home."
Speed/accuracy/reliability: pick two (Score:5, Funny)
If this fingerprint scanner works as poorly and as slowly as the fingerprint scanner on my Thinkpad, there's no way in hell anyone would want this on a gun.
If on the other hand you want to make sure no one can ever fire the gun, this sounds great.
"Fire gun!" (Score:4, Funny)
"You do not have permission to fire this gun."
"sudo Fire gun!"
*BLAM*
Blue Screen of Death (Score:2, Funny)
is now real.
Re:I won't be buying one... (Score:4, Funny)
Me neither. If a kid finds that gun on the piano, they should pay the price...
Re:How about gloves? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:I won't be buying one... (Score:5, Funny)
If a kid finds that gun on the piano, they should pay the price...
Exactly the kind of situation I want to avoid, which is why I don't have any pianos in my house.
Updates are available (Score:5, Funny)
Pulls trigger. Nothing. Notices blinking LED by trigger. Looks at six character LCD display scrolling past. "15 updates are available, would you like to download now? Please tap once for yes, twice for no."
Re:I won't be buying one... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:I won't be buying one... (Score:5, Funny)
I've got wood. Anybody else?
Re:I won't be buying one... (Score:4, Funny)