It is public and (relatively) common knowledge that an Abrams tank can fire accurately at speed over rough terrain by postponing the firing of a shell by just a fraction of a second until the gyroscopes and computers determine that tank is “floating” at the apex of a bump.
That tech has existed since the 1980’s.
The implementation shown in this gif may be noncredible, but the concept most certainly belongs in the other place.
It sounds like these are actually pretty widespread at this point. It’s not just them, 10 years after their product was released. The challenge especially in military applications would be correctly identifying the target.
security experts Runa Sandvik and Michael Auger demonstrated that naive software design left the rifle’s aiming computer open to remote hacking when its Wi-Fi capability was turned on
Not even “smart” weapon designers are taking embedded device security seriously enough. I wish I were surprised.
It is public and (relatively) common knowledge that an Abrams tank can fire accurately at speed over rough terrain by postponing the firing of a shell by just a fraction of a second until the gyroscopes and computers determine that tank is “floating” at the apex of a bump.
That tech has existed since the 1980’s.
The implementation shown in this gif may be noncredible, but the concept most certainly belongs in the other place.
Oh, does this fire automatically when aligned with the target? That’s neat.
Trigger bot
I think that’s how the TrackingPoint system works as well.
For the unfamiliar.
It sounds like these are actually pretty widespread at this point. It’s not just them, 10 years after their product was released. The challenge especially in military applications would be correctly identifying the target.
Not even “smart” weapon designers are taking embedded device security seriously enough. I wish I were surprised.