Smart guns aren’t exactly a popular topic in consumer electronics. But TrackingPoint made an appearance at last week’s Consumer Electronics Show with a Wi-Fi networked sniper scope that can lock on ...
Across the top of TrackingPoint’s website is the statement: “Due to financial difficulty TrackingPoint will no longer be accepting orders.” This is the company that made news in 2013 when it used ...
TrackingPoint rifles include what are known as a ballistic computers. During the 2014 Consumer Electronics Show, firearms-manufacturer TrackingPoint announced an AR-15 version of its ...
The future of firearms is here. It looks a lot like a video game. TrackingPoint, a startup tech company in Austin, Texas, has just started selling the most advanced long-distance rifle available on ...
When we first covered TrackingPoint's computer-assisted weapons at CES, it was the rifles' object-tagging that got everyone's attention. Its Precision-Guided Firearm (PGF) system allows a shooter to ...
Crime is Slate’s crime blog. Like us on Facebook, and follow us on Twitter @slatecrime. So you’ve got the urge to send some rounds downrange, but you can’t shoot and don’t want to take the time to ...
Key Point: Computer guidance might make marksmanship irrelevant. During the 2014 Consumer Electronics Show, firearms-manufacturer TrackingPoint announced an AR-15 version of its computer-controlled ...
LAS VEGAS — Using Wi-Fi, two security researchers found a way to subvert a computer-aided sniper rifle. Computer security researchers Runa Sandvik and her husband Michael Auger hacked a TrackingPoint ...