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February 1st, 2010, 03:20
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Armatix has apparently been working on its so-called "smartgun" concept for quite a while, but it's now finally shown up at the Shooting Hunting and Outdoor Trade Show (SHOT, naturally) with its first actual product: a .22-caliber pistol that relies on a wristwatch as a safety. As you can probably figure out, the gun will only unlock itself when its in close proximity to the watch, which sends a "wireless arming signal" that, of course, also activates some green LEDs for good measure. Previous incarnations of the company's concept also relied on a fingerprint ID as an additional safety, but that seems to have been left off this production model, which will run €7,000 (or $9,700) when it starts shipping next month.Armatix pistol / wristwatch combo tells time... to stay put (http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/31/armatix-pistol-wristwatch-combo-tells-time-to-stay-put/) originally appeared on Engadget (http://www.engadget.com) on Sun, 31 Jan 2010 22:11:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).
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Armatix has apparently been working on its so-called "smartgun" concept for quite a while, but it's now finally shown up at the Shooting Hunting and Outdoor Trade Show (SHOT, naturally) with its first actual product: a .22-caliber pistol that relies on a wristwatch as a safety. As you can probably figure out, the gun will only unlock itself when its in close proximity to the watch, which sends a "wireless arming signal" that, of course, also activates some green LEDs for good measure. Previous incarnations of the company's concept also relied on a fingerprint ID as an additional safety, but that seems to have been left off this production model, which will run €7,000 (or $9,700) when it starts shipping next month.Armatix pistol / wristwatch combo tells time... to stay put (http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/31/armatix-pistol-wristwatch-combo-tells-time-to-stay-put/) originally appeared on Engadget (http://www.engadget.com) on Sun, 31 Jan 2010 22:11:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).
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