The technology is pretty amazing, but the tech/company some hurdles to overcome. The unsecured wireless connection was one (granted it was VERY short range) and the fact that the company is essentially on the rocks.Beiruty wrote:I was invited as VIP and, unfortunately, I did not have a chance to attend.
It is a Charity and Fund raising event. Take it with a many grains of salt. There was $1,000,000 for Charity.
Note, I am a believer in Trackpoint technology. It is the future of long range shooting.
The main problem with it, in my opinion is that it takes the training of marksmanship out of the equation. If, for some reason, your weapon system is disabled, you are suddenly left with a very expensive club in the hands of someone who may or may not actually know how to shoot long distances when it counts...
I'm reminded of Isaac Asimov's Foundation series where science has been lost and those who actually understand it are "magicians" and if anything goes wrong, those who are in charge of caring for the technology don't know enough about how it works to fix it or work around it.