Dynamic Grip Recognition smart guns just two years away, researchers say

Guns.com ^ | 5/08/14 | Chris Eger

[Malone LaVeigh]

Researchers at the New Jersey Institute of Technology advise that the next generation of biometric-equipped smart guns is as little as two years away from being fully mature.

These guns would use Dynamic Grip Recognition, which is a series of electronic sensors and microchips housed inside the grip of the handgun. These piezoelectric sensors record the user’s grip signature, which then either allows or disallows access to the trigger package.

[trebb]

We don't need "smart guns". We need smarter people. No law will ever make that happen.

Yep - you can make something fool-proof, but you can't make it damn-fool-proof...

[TigersEye]

It sounds like a very stupid gun to me. Won't fire if my hand is injured. Won't fire in my off hand. Won't fire if I'm down and a friend or family member picks it up. Won't fire if the battery is low. Won't fire if the gun takes a blow that damages the electronics.

Only an idiot would pay extra big dollars for a piece of crap like that.