High IQ weapons
Smart weapons - this concept currently has at least two meanings. The first is related to military weapons and ammunition, which are aimed only at the armed enemy, his positions, equipment and people, without harming the civilian population and their own troops.
The second refers to weapons that cannot be used by anyone other than those who are called to do so. These include adults, owners, authorized persons, all those who will not use it accidentally or for illegal purposes.
Recently, several tragedies have occurred in the United States caused by insufficient protection of weapons from children. Veronica Rutledge's two-year-old son of Blackfoot, Idaho pulled a gun from his mother's purse and pulled the trigger, killing her.
Subsequent accidents occurred in Washington State, where a three-year-old shot and killed a four-year-old while playing, and in Pennsylvania, when a two-year-old killed his 11-year-old sister. It is estimated that in the USA, gun accidents Eighty preschool children are killed every year!
Biometrics and watch
1. An old press ad for a Smith & Wesson safety revolver.
Weapons with security "Childproof" was manufactured by Smith & Wesson back in the 80s (1).
Revolvers with special levers that fix the trigger were sold very well. However, there are not many types of similarly protected weapons on the market at present.
At a time when the phone and TV are password protected, such a low level of security for pistols and rifles may be a little surprising.
Kai Kloepfer, a teenager from the US state of Colorado, believes this needs to change. When July 20, 2012
24-year-old James Holmes shot twelve people at the Aurora cinema, Kloepfer had an idea weapons with biometric protection (2)
Initially, he thought that an iris scan would be a good solution, but eventually decided to use fingerprint recognition.
The gun he designed should not be used by anyone other than an authorized person. Klopfer says the weapon "recognizes" him with 99,999% efficiency. A weapon cannot be used not only by a child, but also, for example, by a thief. Reasonably protected weapons can also be approached differently, as German manufacturer Armatix did for the iP1 pistol.
His weapons only work when paired with a special wristwatch with an RFID chip to protect against unauthorized use (3). The use of this pistol is only possible when the watch is close enough to it.
In case of possible theft weapon is blocked automatically. The back of the gun will glow red, indicating that it is locked and you are away from the clock. After entering the PIN code into the watch, the weapon is unlocked.
2. Kai Kloepfer with the safety gun he invented
Unnecessary snipers?
Meanwhile, missiles are being created for the military, which, it seems, can be fired without aiming, and they will still hit exactly where we want. The US military agency DARPA recently tested them.
4. Section of the EXACTO intellectual rocket
The name of the EXACTO (4) project remains largely secret, so little is really known about the technical details of the solution - with the exception of the fact that ground tests of this type of missiles were actually carried out.
Scant descriptions of the Teledyne company working on the technology show that the missiles use optical guidance systems. The technology allows real-time response to weather conditions, wind and target movements.
Working range new ammo type is 2 m. A video available on YouTube shows tests carried out in the first half of 2014. The video shows the trajectory of a bullet fired from a rifle and evading in search of a target.
The DARPA agency points out a number of difficulties that traditional snipers have to face. After aiming at a target from a long distance, you still need to take into account the weather conditions in your surroundings. All it takes is a small mistake to prevent the missile from hitting.
The problem is exacerbated when the sniper must aim and fire as quickly as possible. Development intelligent weapons Tracking Point also deals with. The intelligent sniper rifle was designed by her in such a way that the soldier does not have to undergo training in the use of equipment.
The company guarantees that thanks to the technology used, literally everyone can make accurate shots. To do this, it is enough for the arrow to fix the target.
The internal collects ballistic data, an image of the battlefield, and records atmospheric conditions such as ambient temperature, pressure, tilt, and even the tilt of the earth's axis.
Finally, it gives you detailed information on how to hold the gun and exactly when to pull the trigger. The shooter can check all the information by looking through the viewfinder. Intelligent weapons It is also equipped with a microphone, compass, Wi-Fi, locator, built-in laser rangefinder and USB input.
There are even options for communication, data and image sharing between any smart rifle. This information can also be sent to a smartphone, tablet or laptop. Tracking Point also offered an app called Shotview (5) that enhances the weapon's capabilities with the convenience of augmented reality goggles.
In practice, the image from the sights is transmitted in HD quality to the shooter's eye. On the one hand, it allows you to aim without folding the shot, and on the other hand, it allows you to fire in such a way that the shooter does not have to stick his head out of a safe place.
Over the years, many ideas have emerged on how to solve the latter problem. Suffice it to think of the periscope rifles used in the trenches of the First World War, the later curved-barreled weapon, or the device called the CornerShot currently used by the police and military forces of some countries.
However, it is difficult to resist the impression that the quotient is increasing weapons of military intelligence, paradoxically referred to as "sniper", leads to a situation in which high shooting skills are no longer needed. Since the missile itself finds the target, and shoots from around the corner and without traditional guidance, then an accurate eye and possession of weapons become less important.
On the one hand, information about a further decrease in the probability of misses is comforting, and on the other hand, it makes one think about the ingenuity of a person in his attempt to kill another person.
