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> Surely it's just a 1 axis accelerometer and perhaps a lookup table or some basic maths? I'm more interested by the mechanism that programs each projectile's

• __alexs 15y ago
  Something along the lines of RFID? I've heard them described as "radio controlled" before too. Since it's in the chamber protecting it from external sources of interference / attack (e.g. programmed to explode at the end of the muzzle) should be easy to protect against physically. I guess you could do it with some mechanically retractable pins or something, but electrical contacts and the inside of a bullet chamber don't seem like the sort of thing that should go together to me. You'd need to clean them constantly.
  • kabdib 15y ago
    Presumably they got their security right; no recommit after firing, for instance. If not, I can easily imagine a "bullet jammer" gizmo that broadcasts a retargeting command. "Sorry, little grenade, you have another thousand meters to go...."
• the_tubes 15y ago
  I am thinking something like a headphone jack right before it's loaded in the barrel. Press some buttons, cock, shoot. During this time of programming its probably then charged too with a capacitor in the grenade/bullet thing. EDIT: I just thought of an even better way of doing it! There could be little contacts on the back of it surrounding the part that the hammer hits. During charging, it also programs with spikes of voltage. While it is still loaded the gun, the gun's computer monitors that voltage of the cap to keep it charged so there isn't a lag during when you want to fire.