Gun Safety at your Fingertips? (Intel)

[Kungpow]

http://www-ssl.intel.com/content/www...FRHZQgodxDkAfg


Not necessarily airsoft related, but its interesting.
Whats your opinion?

[Windows]

It's been done before with no success. If I remember correctly, the overlying problems were:

-access to the gun wasn't quick.

-fingerprint scans weren't reliable causing the weapon to lock out the intended user.

-when the batteries ran out or failed, the system defaulted to safe making the gun unusable until batteries were replaced.

-unit was easily bypassed if someone decided to steal the gun.

-unit could not be submerged or would default to safe.

-cost of unit was prohibitively expensive.

With all these problems it was better to just use a locked safe. There are also a number of guns that use a key lock directly on the gun. This feature also proves to be unpopular.

[lurkingknight]

nanny systems always penalize the competent users while making incompetent users more complacent and careless.

[ShelledPants]

Sweat. Blood. Dirt. Gloves.

These are all factors which can impede a shooter fighting for their life.

These are all factors which can ALSO provide an incorrect scan.

[_Whiskey_]

Its cool to see it done. But in a practical sense I think its F&@#ing useless