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Josh
Gun that takes photograph of shooter and registers exact moment of every shot on microchip | |
that's pretty much it
Mitsubishi's GunCam
http://www.upside.c.../story?id=38b6dea80
Story from Salon on how Mitsubishi has invented a device like this (CCD camera + logic + nonvolatile memory) meant to record significant events (car crashes, gun shots, etc). They're having a hard time getting the policeman unions to buy into the GunCam version. [koz, Mar 04 2000, last modified Oct 04 2004]
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What's to prevent anyone covering the lens aperture so the picture shows up a simple black frame? Or donning a mask or disguise before picking up the gun? |
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You could say, "well, make it so the camera has to see a valid image (of some kind) before the trigger interlock is released," but that'd only work for recreational guns. Serious shooters wouldn't have dumbo circuitry between them and the trigger - too dangerous in a real-life situation. (I.e., if you need to kill someone quickly and reliably.) |
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I'm just curious why jgreenman decided to call it "Josh". |
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A '911 chip', if you start shooting, you're obviously either in trouble or causing trouble, so it calls the cops... |
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Reminds me of the SNL "Weekend
Update" report about how
someone is the victim of a serious
crime every 10 seconds. Then
they located and interviewd
that person... |
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StarChaser,some people use guns to hunt so that wouldn't work because if you go out hunting and then the cops show up.That would suck. |
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People who hunt should be classed as criminals any way....but let's not go there... |
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I'm gonna go out on a limb here and assume jgreenman's first name is, indeed, Josh. |
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[Tugun]: I have a feeling that the Josh will take a photo of the person who is shooting the Josh, not the person who is shooting *at* the person with the Josh. |
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Seems a little pointless to me. If the cops come round wanting the film from your Josh to see if you shot Mr X, couldn't you just tell them you sent it off to be devloped and they came back all fuzzy while showing them some badly developed other photos? |
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And as for "Josh". Well, I don't think Samuel L. Jackson would have quite the same impact saying "The Josh. When you absolutely, positively gotta kill every mother-****** in the room... accept no substitute" |
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