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The Army is Developing A Mobile Arm Exoskeleton for Firearm Aim Stabilization
Soldiers on the front lines rely on their “marksmanship” skill, as their lives depends on it, so why not use SCI-FI and put it to good use? We have all seen a movie or animated series with soldiers having exoskeletons making them stronger, quicker more powerful…Iron Man and RoboCop come to mind. Dan Baechle, a mechanical engineer at the U.S. Army Research Laboratory is testing a mechatronic arm exoskeleton that goes by the name MAXFAS. Someone might ask what does the name MAXFAS stands for?
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So, as a question: Are there any security issues involved in this? Like someone could hijack the arm and control it? Because that sounds like a mad security risk if it is hackable.
If I had to guess, I'd say the software is self-contained without any outside connections while in the field. It is only operated by the wearer. So much like you can't hack a tank or night vision goggles, it would be very difficult to influence the actions of the MAXFAS without being in direct contact with it.
It'll be interesting how this will look and operate like in the future once they figure out a way to let you move your arm while not shooting. Would it be controlled by a computer or would the person using it need to set it themselves?
The speed of which we are figuring out how to interpret signals from the brain for translation to computer interfaces is incredible, IMO, right now. I would imagine at some point in the future this would just naturally work when the signals are interpreted at the time you aim the weapon. Thinking of a MIT Technology Review article I read a while ago, I feel brain-computer interfaces will be the primary way we interact with software and machines in the not too distant future.
It is probably going to be some kind of adaptive control. Similar toto steerinfsteering assist.
Will it work along the same lines as professional camera stabilisation mounts / rigs? Because they're pretty cool!
Your comment just reminded me of the heavy gunners' rigs from the Aliens movie.
All I could think was Call of Duty Advanced Warfare
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Oh my, a real life aimbot