This is pretty scary

[ccosby]

Pretty remarkable but I don't understand how it can make the compensations for atmospheric conditions (wind, temp., etc.).

Yea I was wondering that as well. Also wonder about moving targets. Still interesting device. Don't know how well it will work but interesting.

[C-grunt]

Unless I heard him wrong I think he says you hold down the trigger and once the sights line up it releases the shot. So I don't think you could easily yank the trigger on this.

Not trying to defend the system and even if I win the Powerball this week I likely won't buy one. But it's pretty cool technology.

[taliv]

interesting, thanks c-grunt. i had to use cc on the video instead of listening to it, and that part of the captioning was more or less unintelligible but what you said now makes sense.

that's actually a pretty interesting method. i guess you have to hit it twice, right? essentially put the crosshairs on what you want to hit and press the button? at which point it gets a solution and adjusts the reticle? then you hold down the trigger and when the rifle is on target, it fires? of course i'm still speculating wildly

now i'm extra curious about how it would handle movers, since the picture would change

[JBecker 72]

Being a tech geek, I find this really cool. Doubtful I could afford it, but that is a very neat idea.

[SGTMAJ]

It still does not read the wind at max ordnance or where terminal ballistics begin. Northrup and others have tried and have still not come up with a real deal prototype that can past a TRL-5. So it still only solves 1 piece of the equation which can be done with mil dots or a laser range finder.

[mattm0812]

Simply a video gamer's dream firearm come true.

[Kokopelli]

I must be missing something here. The bullet is unguided and firearm is not moving it's self to the target (as best I can tell), so all it's doing is (in essence) clicking the trigger when the pipper's meet right? Ron

[ApexAchilles]

I must be missing something here. The bullet is unguided and firearm is not moving it's self to the target (as best I can tell), so all it's doing is (in essence) clicking the trigger when the pipper's meet right? Ron

Exactly, it doesn't fire until it is aligned to wherever it was previously set, might be kind of cool on a range only gun, no thanks for anything else. Although I'm sure it can be disabled if one wants.

[xjustintimex]

how does it account for a running/moving target?

[HackerF15E]

Unless I heard him wrong I think he says you hold down the trigger and once the sights line up it releases the shot.

That's my understanding of the system. There doesn't appear to be any atmospheric compensation -- it just appears to be a methodology to ensure that the hammer is released only at the moment that the sights are lined up with the 'tagged' target.