“ Fifty per centum of kills hap on the corners , ” harmonize toSmartSight discoverer Matthew Hagerty . And his origination — a rifle sight camera that wirelessly conduct literal - fourth dimension video back to its soldier — will aid ensure that our soldier acquire those battles .
The 1.5 pound camera — sequester to an M4 or .308 SOCOM carbine — transmits video to a display attached to a soldier ’s protective glasses :
miniaturise the hardware get in intelligence broadcast medium equipment , Hagerty invent a way to beam live , uncompressed high-pitched - quality video from the 1.5 - pound tv camera at a speedy 30 frame per second ; meanwhile , usance software overlay the gun ’s crimson target area dit in the oral sex - up show so that the view appears exactly as it does through the gun ’s formal scope , all with no delay .
In amount , the paradigm weighs just three pounds .
The benefit for urban warfare — just the type that we ’ve been entrenched in the last several class — are immediate , but the deliver of the SmartSight is n’t , quite . Hagerty still desire to make it low-cal , and Special Ops testing wo n’t set out until next year . [ Pop Sci , photo credit : John B. Carnett ]
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