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Next-Generation Linux-Powered Rifle is Accurate up to a Mile

posted by janrinok on Monday January 12 2015, @03:53AM   Printer-friendly
from the keep-it-in-the-right-hands dept.

AnonTechie writes:

Two years ago, TrackingPoint made a major stir at CES with its Precision-Guided Firearm, or “Linux gun.” The weapon integrated a smart scope that displayed weather conditions, wind speeds, and other target information, and only fired the gun when the crosshairs were lined up properly on the target. Fast-forward to today, and the company has unveiled another milestone. Its new 'Mile Maker' is a custom weapon that’s capable of firing a round up to 1800 yards at a target moving at up to 30 miles per hour.

http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/196993-next-gen-linux-powered-rifle-is-accurate-up-to-a-mile?

 
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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 13 2015, @05:37AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 13 2015, @05:37AM (#134294)

    I have to call bullshit on this one. Have you checked the level of public discourse in the US, not just around politics but around any divisive issue? People thank each other for polite arguments when it happens because it's so rare. And apart for failed states, the US is one of the most armed Western "democracies" around. Listen again to what armed Tea Partiers want to do to "libtards".

    Guns may make some people more polite, but for many more it seems to be associated with paranoia and,
    paradoxically, an unwarranted ego rush and feeling of invulnerability That's as true in middle America as in the urban slums.