Sniper Rifle Designed to Implant GPS Tracking Chip

[Dissipate]

I don't know if this is a repost but check this out:

The ID SNIPERTM rifle designed by EMPIRE NORTH



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.

Why use the ID SNIPERTM rifle?

As the urban battlefield grows more complex and intense, new ways of managing and controlling crowds are needed. The attention of the media changes the rules of the game. Sometimes it is difficult to engage the enemy in the streets without causing damage to the all important image of the state. Instead EMPIRE NORTH suggests to mark and identify a suspicious subject on a safe distance, enabeling the national law enforcement agency to keep track on the target through a satellite in the weeks to come.


The ID SNIPERTM rifle was presented by Empire North in Beijing at the China Police 2002 exhibition.

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[clamum]

That's kind of scary.

 

[ThePresence]

Originally posted by: clamum
That's kind of scary.

That's VERY scary.

 

[dighn]

http://www.backfire.dk/EMPIRENORTH/newsite/products_en001_damage.htm

wow you can't see it

 

[Borracho]

Damn mosquitoes...

 

[Superwormy]

This was already on Slashdot, and already confirmed as a HOAX!

 

[gopunk]

cool i hope they can arrest the troublemakers at large protests now

 

[CptObvious]

I think I just felt a sting on the back of my neck.

*paranoid*

 

[Superwormy]

Look at their second product: http://www.backfire.dk/EMPIRENORTH/newsite/products_en002.htm

 

[ThePresence]

Originally posted by: Superwormy
This was already on Slashdot, and already confirmed as a HOAX!

Link to hoax confirmation?

 

[Dissipate]

Originally posted by: Superwormy
This was already on Slashdot, and already confirmed as a HOAX!

Link?

 

[Viper GTS]

Things I want to know:

1) How big is the projectile, and what is its mass?
2) What is it's velocity?
3) How do they maintain accuracy with an obviously light projectile?

OK, glad to know my hoax senses were working.

There's no way this could work, but I didn't want to raise the BS flag too quickly.

Viper GTS

 

[Mark R]

LOL. That site is classic.

 

[bandana163]

Michaelscomputers should implement their technology.

 

[StageLeft]

Originally posted by: Viper GTS
Things I want to know:

1) How big is the projectile, and what is its mass?
2) What is it's velocity?
3) How do they maintain accuracy with an obviously light projectile?

OK, glad to know my hoax senses were working.

There's no way this could work, but I didn't want to raise the BS flag too quickly.

Viper GTS

I'm ready to call BS on it right now

 

[MikePanic]

if its in the news already that means we prob already have it and moved onto something cooler

hell the public didnt know about the sr71 blackbird for like 30+ years... and its top speed is still classified

 

[Nanotech]

Originally posted by: Superwormy
This was already on Slashdot, and already confirmed as a HOAX!

For now maybe...

 

[virtuamike]

I think I've been shot!!!

/me sees blood gushing out of leg

No no, you're just being tracked, it's not supposed to hurt.

 

[DrPizza]

I've been thinking about the physics of it.. I don't think it's possible. Period. (and above, someone mentioned it was a hoax)

 

[Viper GTS]

Originally posted by: DrPizza
I've been thinking about the physics of it.. I don't think it's possible. Period. (and above, someone mentioned it was a hoax)

No, it's not possible.

To get any kind of range, accuracy, and ballistic stability they would have to use EXTREMELY high velocity. High velocity = high kinetic energy.

Slowing that object to a complete stop inside the human body without hurting the tissue?

Impossible.

Viper GTS

 

[WhiteKnight]

This looks like that freaky belly button crawly thing that Smith unleashes on Neo in the first Matrix.

 

[dighn]

clicked wrong button

 

[jjones]

If they're not careful, they could put an eye out.

 

[Spencer278]

Originally posted by: Viper GTS

Originally posted by: DrPizza
I've been thinking about the physics of it.. I don't think it's possible. Period. (and above, someone mentioned it was a hoax)

No, it's not possible.

To get any kind of range, accuracy, and ballistic stability they would have to use EXTREMELY high velocity. High velocity = high kinetic energy.

Slowing that object to a complete stop inside the human body without hurting the tissue?

Impossible.

Viper GTS

Maybe it has a little mini-parachute it deploys just before impacting the body those giving it good range and little energy on inpact.

 

[cerebusPu]

the projectiles they use are about the size of a large rice seed. They are widely known as the Digital Angel GPS tracking devices. If those seeds have enough kinetic energy to fly 100meters, it can hurt as much as a BB gun. And i dont see BB guns leaving no marks and little pain.