Posted on 02/22/2014 4:53:44 AM PST by Carriage Hill
The first so-called “smart gun” has hit the shelves at U.S. retail outlets, including one of the biggest firearms stores in California, according to the Washington Post.
The Smart System iP1, a .22-caliber pistol made by the German gun-maker Armatix GmbH, can only function with an accompanying wristwatch, which is sold separately.
When the RFID-equipped watch is activated by a PIN number and placed near the gun — like when a shooter grips the handle — it sends a signal to unlock the gun and a light on the back of the weapon turns green, according to the report. Otherwise, the firearm stays locked and the light on the back remains red, it stated.
The pistol sells for $1,399 and the watch retails for another $399 — more than double the cost of .40-caliber Glock handgun, according to the article.
The company is betting that demand for the technology will increase as consumers seek guns modified for safety.
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Only a matter of time until the Nigerian email scammers get the source code, too.
Consumers don’t want this but anti-gunners and government tyrants do.
Exactly. Besides failure there is also the potential for RFID signal hijacking/interference. Who wants a safety that could be turned on/off by accidental signal interference or worse - intentional signal interference?
Wow, a lot of inexpensive hardware there. I’ve not heard of some of those makes.
You owe me a new keyboard!
Shoot! I don’t even like CFL light bulbs because they put out all kinds of broadband RF interference.
It would really be sad if a “green” light bulb disabled my “smart” gun.
I don’t want any electronics in my shootin’ irons. Electronics fail. A well-built firearm doesn’t.
Zastava has been building arms for 160 years
EAA is built by Tanfoglio in Italy for 70 years
http://www.tanfoglio.it/eng/home.php
Canik is made by Samsun Yurt Savunma, on of Turkeys lead defense contractors.
Cool. Did you pick one up?
Looks like a nice piece for only $299.
$1800 for a. 22?
Unreal. BUT. Just think how much the company will make. With stupid states mandating the technology they are the only game in town.
$1800...
If it needs a digital handshake to work, then it can be digitally disabled - by the government, by cops, by predators.
No, thanks. I’ll stick with my dumb gun.
Heh. Reminds me of those commercials - “But wait! That’s not all. There’s more!”
That Turk looks really nice too.
Very, very nice hardware at those sites. Don’t know how I missed them, all these years. Thanks for the links.
Me also.
Yes, a 9mm compact and a ported 40 S$W compact
The Turk is basically a CZ75 copy.
$1,800 for a .22 cal pistol?? I have a feeling not many buyers have that much money to throw away at something that is likely to FAIL when needed.
Sorry I came to this so late. Will be way down the list of posts, beyond the interest of most.
I’m a watchmaker and am laughing my head off. 1st of all, virtually everyone wears their watch on the OPPOSITE hand (Right handed person has watch on LEFT). This is a very old fact, in order to keep the sometime fragile watch away from the normal activities of the dominant hand.
The question: What is the range of the electronic signal from watch to gun?
As a watchmaker, I see the appalling rate of failure of the circuitry in virtually ALL brands of watches. Additionally I know more than most the failure rate of watch batteries in that they are absolutely fine at 10AM, but the watch is dead at 2PM as the battery’s voltage lowers to the “dead point”.
Most people remove their watch as they go to bed. If you are awakened by the breaking window at 3AM, unless the time is taken to strap on the watch, you are unarmed.
This is NOT a good idea. Oh, I just realized, when that battery is changed by the “lowest on the totem pole” clerk at the mall, look out. The simplest task in the world is “To change the battery”, yet I am generally inundated with watches killed during just that process. Again, you are now unarmed, until you get the watch back from the so-called “service center”.
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