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MINGUS, Texas-- A Texas company has developed what it says is a "smart rifle" and it gives someone who may never have picked up a rifle before the ability to accurately hit a target 1,000 feet away.
The company, called TrackingPoint, has been at the drawing board for about three-and-a-half years at a cost of about $40 million to come up with the Smart Rifle according to a report from WFAA.
The brains behind the targeting is the gun's scope. Temperature, humidity, angles and movements are all processed by the computer. Then, WFAA reported, all the information is displayed on an iPad included in the rifle's price, and by using using a target-lock system from a fighter jet, the shooter tags his shot, matches the crosshairs and fires.
WFAA reports that gun opponents are against the Smart Rifle, saying that there is no defense against the weapon. Some hunters are not keen on the idea of a computer-guided rifle, saying that using an electronic device to help you make the shot is akin to cheating.
The gun starts at $22,500 and are backlogged to at least January.
