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GPS Microchip Implanting Sniper Rifle a Hoax?
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on Wednesday March 07, @11:14AM
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Rich writes to us asking for feedback on a GPS implanting sniper rifle. Rich writes "I think it's a hoax. Perhaps some of your readers would like to weigh in on it." From the product's website: "What is the ID SNIPERTM rifle? It is used to implant a GPS-microchip in the body of a human being, using a high powered sniper rifle as the long distance injector. The microchip will enter the body and stay there, causing no internal damage, and only a very small amount of physical pain to the target. It will feel like a mosquito-bite lasting a fraction of a second. At the same time a digital camcorder with a zoom-lense fitted within the scope will take a high-resolution picture of the target. This picture will be stored on a memory card for later image-analysis."
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Nate_Heard writes "It's great to see an application of GPS technology [CNN] that will contribute to public safety. Plus, it's so James Bond. Think of all the great things you could do with a gun that shoots sticky GPS receivers. On second thought..." Thanks Nate_Heard, Very Spatial also links to the interesting story about Los Angeles police propeling a GPS device onto a fleeing car. From the Information Week article: "Rather than engage in a high-speed chase that is dangerous for the public and police, an officer can trigger the GPS tracking device from their car. The officer also will have a remote unit, about the size of a device that unlocks a car, when they're outside the patrol car."
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Patch size and durability
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Aren't the smallest patch antennas still around 1/2" square? How would the technology in the GPS ammunition hold up being subjected to such high velocities? Plus, how do you get the data off the GPS? There's nothing explaining the technology behind the data reporting. Is it through GSM, RFID, magical elves?
By the time you jam pack everything needed for this to work into a projectile and enclose it in a case to prevent fall-apart, you're likely going to be left with a fast moving object that will likely be fatal. Maybe that's how it's supposed to work: "I injected the target at this location and considering the injection is fatal, he's likely to still be there."
It's a hoax...
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