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A retired Navy Seabee fired a .50 calibre round from a Barrett M82A1. His target? An iPhone. I can only hope the guy camps outside my neighbourhood hipster-laden Starbucks and POW – right in the Face(Time). More »
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How do you make sniper target practice more helpful and more fun? By shooting at Segway robots, of course. More »
When war is a videogame, it’s much easier to pull the trigger: Autonomous Rotorcraft Sniper System is a robot helicopter with a .338-calibre rifle controlled by the user with an Xbox 360 controller. [Popular Mechanics]
The EXACTO (EXtreme ACcuracy Tasked Ordnance) rifle will conceivably be able to fire accurately at far longer distances than are possible now by combating weather with self-guiding bullets. Yes, you read that right.
TV-B-Gone + 30 infrared LEDs + mineral crystal lens + blue LED laser-like precision aim + PVC tubes + black paint = Judgement Day. And this time it’s personal, punks. [hacked gadgets]
newVideoPlayer("sniper_shot_gawker.flv", 475, 376); While guns may be being attached to robots, precision shots are still left to well-trained human sharpshooters. Check this oldie-but-still-goodie out: cops were trying to keep a guy was sitting in a lawn chair in the middle of the road from shooting himself. He wasn’t responding to their demands, so they called in a sharpshooter who shot the gun out of his hand. Without hurting him. Sorry robots, but not even your cold, metal precision could pull off a move like that. [Spulch] More »
