The Gun That Aims Itself (Documentary)

[madooxno9]

Description

In spring of 2013, Texas-based start up TrackingPoint Solutions released the first ever precision-guided firearm, which is essentially a long-range, laser-guided robo rifle. Call it the gun of tomorrow: The technology is so advanced we've heard it can have beginners killing at extreme distances with single-shot accuracy in mere minutes.

The PGF's closed-loop system is based off jetfighter lock and launch technology, something TrackingPoint CEO Jason Schauble says not only marks the next great paradigm shift in the evolution of firearms—it helps users make ethical kill shots too. But critics of the PGF platform, no doubt part and parcel of a rising tide of intelligent killer apps, say the gun, or rather its proprietary scope, marks the dawn of "skill-free killing".

In LONG SHOT Motherboard visits West Texas, the frontline of smart weapons. We get a backcountry crash course through the PGF, hear about TrackingPoint's plans to apply its system to a veritable suite of advanced weaponry, all built on custom software that promises to have novice shots like us to killing at 1,000 yards—and in the near future, potentially 3,000 yards—with single-shot accuracy, and try to untangle an increasingly knotty firearms debate in light of the so-called gamification of killing and, sadly, yet another mass shooting.

Has killing become too easy?

 

[W.11]

cool technology is replacing the skill

but the repercussions of this technology is very deadly in the war scenario

 

[Splurgenxs]

cool technology is replacing the skill

but the repercussions of this technology is very deadly in the war scenario

only capable of hitting stationary objects accurately , wind throws the bullet of course long distances not to mention the inherent inability to lead ahead of a moving target . Good for hunting probably but not good enough.

 

[MilSpec]

the fun of the hunt is in tracking, getting close to the target and eventually putting meat on the table. Preffered choice is with a 30 30 lever or various bolt action hunting rifles in US. Replacing a $400 system with a 3k+ system would be a choice for the ones who have excess cash lying around. Most of us would still prefer to go out with our optical scopes or iron sights and wander in the forests for days with friends and family for the hunt.

Although the solution is being marketed as hunting solution, my hunch is the aspiration of this company lies in military solutions. Even it's current form, it might have raised the interest of Generals around the world converting a regular infantryman into a 1000 yard sniper in 10 mins. keep an eye out for this technology, something tells me we will soon see a variant in battle.