$10,000 Gun Needs Matching Wristwatch to Fire

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Another question would be how reliable a device like this work in an area with very high EM interference. My own business, for instance, couldn't get a reliable WiFi signal to work for our first year of business due to the massive EM interference being put-out by the poorly-installed security system belonging to the business next door. Eventually that problem went-away when the business in question shut-down.
 
Our idiots in the USA will buy it for police (use safety reasons for a excuse) just because they can while at the same time states, cities and the government is bankrupt. we have idiots in charge and they all need fired.
 
The fact that it's wireless does not mean that someone else can fire your gun. You still need to pull the trigger. The wireless signal just disengages the safety mechanism.
 
wow there is a gun nobody is gonna buy. $10k for a gun with a safety feature that has been around for years? I forget what it is called but there is a safety feature you can put on guns that uses magnetics. The gun will not operate without a person wearing a special magnetic ring. Costs less and do not have to worry about, has the articles hints at, hi-jacked wireless.
 
@ the little problem you mentioned in the article.
The wireless signal is only used to disengage the safety mechanism in the firearm...In no way would the gun go off because of the signal being tampered with. You would still need to pull the trigger to use it........duh.
 
"Now already, we can see a little bit of a problem; if it's just a wireless signal, couldn't somebody else fire your gun if they got close enough to you?"

No, somebody else can't fire your gun wirelessly, it's just a wireless safety using the matching wristwatch. Somebody still has to pull the trigger. You're so dramatic.
 
I think you guys are misinterpreting the last sentence. She meant can't someone else take the gun from you and fire it at you if they stayed within a certain proximity.

Anyway -- This is a neat idea, but certainly impractical and at a prohibitive price. If you think about it though, something like this in the military would be good as guns would be useless as field pickups. Someone who actually knows how to design a firearm just needs to take the idea seriously.
 
You guys are missing the point.

Who the hell wants to pay $10k for an ugly watch and an ugly gun, when for the same price you can get a sweet watch and a kickass gun?
 
[citation][nom]garpizzle[/nom]@ the little problem you mentioned in the article. The wireless signal is only used to disengage the safety mechanism in the firearm...In no way would the gun go off because of the signal being tampered with. You would still need to pull the trigger to use it........duh.[/citation]
I don't think you understand what they meant. If someone wrestled the gun from you they could probably still shoot you with it.
 
.22 cal means this is only for personal defense (its useless to law enforcement and military). Since it requires the watch to work, this is most likely only a concealed-carry option. I mean, if you wanted to use it for home defense, you'd have to sleep with the watch on (who's going to have time to get the gun AND strap on a crappy plastic watch). And $10K? Couldn't you just hire a body guard for whenever you left the house?
 
[citation][nom]GreatSaltedOne[/nom]I think you guys are misinterpreting the last sentence. She meant can't someone else take the gun from you and fire it at you if they stayed within a certain proximity.Anyway -- This is a neat idea, but certainly impractical and at a prohibitive price. If you think about it though, something like this in the military would be good as guns would be useless as field pickups. Someone who actually knows how to design a firearm just needs to take the idea seriously.[/citation]

In this day and age, picking up a weapon in the field with that kind of tech would just give that tech to the enemy.

Besides, how long do you think it would take, or even how hard would it be to jailbreak the gun.

It is, imo, a useless implementation of the feature. Even with the magloc feature, it wouldn't take long to strip the gun, and / or brute force your way past the safety.

And 10 large? Gimme a break. People will buy anything these days.

Next article we see about this gun is that the poor kid took dads watch, and still managed to shoot himself in the eye with the gun.

Gun safety is like everything else in this world, it is taught, and it is enforced. People who buy into this kind of thing, are just asking for trouble because, imo the mentality speaks volumes of laziness.

I do like the led on the back of the gun though....Buck Rogers here we come.
 
Pretty much a useless feature. Nobody is going to wear that to bed or wear it around the house
all the time. Nobody is going to think to put that on while someone is breaking into their house. This
will not work for the consumer, Sorry. They need to come up with a voice activated code system if they
want to secure handguns to their owners.
 
[citation][nom]hellwig[/nom].22 cal means this is only for personal defense (its useless to law enforcement and military). Since it requires the watch to work, this is most likely only a concealed-carry option. I mean, if you wanted to use it for home defense, you'd have to sleep with the watch on (who's going to have time to get the gun AND strap on a crappy plastic watch). And $10K? Couldn't you just hire a body guard for whenever you left the house?[/citation]

.22 is a worthless caliber for self-defense. I know that a lot of people are killed every year by this caliber, but in a defense situation, speed counts! If you are attempting to stop the person whos is trying to kill you, you want to stop them now and not minutes from now. It is no more than a novelty and I am pretty certain it will not catch on for citizens or police. Considering a police officer can purchase a brand new Glock for $400, it is not any where near a competitive price point. There are a lot of options out there that are much cheaper and have proven reliability.
 
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