Drone-Vision Rifle - I Want One

[RX8er]

http://www.popsci.com/gadgets/article/2 ... -sale-$22k" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

A special heads-up display lets you tag a target onscreen before firing.

The most inaccurate component of a rifle is the human behind the trigger, but starting Wednesday hunters can turn to drone-inspired vision for a little help. Provided they have $22,000 on hand for a new rifle, that is.

[Dadtodabone]

TrackingPoint had a 3 lane demo range set up at the NRA AM, great folks from Austin. While chatting with the V.P. that was there(I apologize to him and y'all I can't remember his name)about the changes in hunting in the last 100 years, he had all but convinced me that I needed to sell one or two of my "old guns" so as to be able to "embrace the future!" He was good! My DIL saved me by running to my wife and telling her I was going to spend almost as much for a "plastic looking gun and a computer as I did for my car!"

[Beiruty]

I missed seeing those folks at the NRA AM.

That thing is on my wish list. I would think that I need a 308 to be added to my collection. However, 338 rds are so expensive to shoot, that I may never add it to my collection. A 300 WinMag is a sweet compromise, However, I would see myself next to a turret reloading press.

[Beiruty]

Back in 1997, some movie dude thought of:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pyXdB_AYiDs" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

That is like 16 yrs ago??

[Beiruty]

I love the geniuses of South Korea, no wonder why I like my Samsung Galaxy/Note Smartphone and their TVs.

One upscale version of this future technologies:

http://gizmodo.com/5955042/south-koreas ... ree-clicks" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[kde71450]

It can't be that hard to hit one ?

[JJVP]

It can't be that hard to hit one ?

Drone SkeetB.jpg

It is hard if you aim that low.

[Dadtodabone]

I love the geniuses of South Korea, no wonder why I like my Samsung Galaxy/Note Smartphone and their TVs.

One upscale version of this future technologies:

http://gizmodo.com/5955042/south-koreas ... ree-clicks" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

The only "genius" I've seen from the ROKs is their ability to "borrow" technologies.

High Definition TV is almost as old as the cathode ray tube, first hi-def broadcasts were in the UK 1936 at 377i, US NTSC 525i in 1941, the French had an, even by 2013 standard, 786i HD system in 1949. Color capability followed in the US in 1953. These are all analog, 4:3 aspect ratio, crt systems w/interlacing. Japan's NHK developed an 1125 line system in 1972, the Beeb had colour and 1501 lines in 1974. DVB systems followed to reduce bandwidth, not improve the resolution.
The other leg of flat screen TV development isn't as old, but still pretty ancient in "tech years". LCD's were developed by the brilliant RCA veteran researcher and my distinguished fellow alumnus George Hellmeier in 1964.

The smartphone launched 2005 as a Motorola/Apple collaboration, anyone remember the Rokr E1? How much does Samsung owe Apple?
http://www.cultofmac.com/186954/apple-s ... s-patents/

Automated gun systems, gimbal mounted/gyro stabilized/radar controlled/FLIR enhanced? First demo 1973 aboard the USS King, a General Dynamics system that evolved into the Phalanx CIWS by 1977 and was first deployed in 1980.
http://www.military.com/video/guns/nava ... 590028001/
When you consider the speeds that Phalanx targets travel, the X and Y axis' of movement imparted by the systems platform, a ship moving at high speed in the open ocean, you're looking at genius. The South Korean system looks disturbingly like the WW1 vintage Oerlikon 20mm auto-cannon as deployed for 60 years by the Royal Navy. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:20mm_gun.jpg
And while the U.S. Navy hedges their bet and lists the systems effective maximum range as 3.6 kilometers, kills at 6.8 kilometers are pretty much run of the mill.
TrackingPoint's innovation is in developing a civilian, man portable system that folks of average means can aspire to. As with all tech, as the system becomes more mature, prices will decline and Bubba will be blasting pigs while enjoying some BBQ at home.

This story is like getting excited because the Chinese or the Russians might make a moon landing in the next decade or two. Been there, Done that;
Apollo 8, manned mission, 10 lunar orbits, 1968
Apollo 11, manned mission, 1st landing, July 20 1969
Apollo 12, manned mission, 2nd landing, 1969
Apollo 13, manned mission, no joy, heroic return, 1970
Apollo 14, manned mission, 3rd landing, Jan 1971
Apollo 15, manned mission, 4th landing, typically American, they took a car along, July 1971
Apollo 16, manned mission, 5th landing, April 1972
Apollo 17, manned mission, 6th landing,1st and to date, only civilian/last man to walk on the moon, Harrison Schmitt, 22 hours 4 minutes combined EVA. Dec 1972
Got the T- Shirt http://www.zazzle.com/july_20_1969_apol ... 5580160625 more than 40 years ago.

[JJVP]

MAIG is already wetting their pants about this technology. Afraid that any two bit criminal can operate as a highly skilled sniper.

http://abcnews.go.com/technology/t/blog ... d=19203349" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/technology/ ... this-week/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Elliot Fineman, chief executive officer of National Gun Victims Action Council, said the “smart gun” is a “mixed proposition.”
“I’m very much in favor of the password protection, but [if the user opts not to utilize password protection] this product gives shooters a better accuracy than, on average, most cops,” Fineman said. He said the target accuracy of most police is three out of ten.
“To think that private citizens that are not trained could shoot better than 3 out of 10, it’s scary,” Fineman said.
David Chipman, a spokesman for Mayors Against Illegal Guns which lobbies for an expansion of background checks for people buying guns, said the PGF “is not your grandfather’s hunting rifle used for sport and recreation this is a weapon designed to kill with precision.”
“This technology potentially enables any two bit criminal to operate with the skills of a highly trained sniper,” Chipman said.

[RottenApple]

.... this product gives shooters a better accuracy than, on average, most cops,” Fineman said. He said the target accuracy of most police is three out of ten.

Practice gives most (law abiding) shooters better accuracy than most cops. At least of the NYOD & LAPD variety.