"SWORD" add-on to smartphone lets you detect concealed carry

[HoughMade]

My thoughts exactly. I can't remember exactly what the product was, but a couple years ago there was a product for hikers coming out that sounded too good to be true. The company promising this great thing was taking pre-orders. Fast forward a year and they're getting in trouble for scamming people out of their money.

I'm not saying the SWORD is a scam, I'm just saying it raises a lot of red flags. I wouldn't be surprised if it never makes it to market.

Take your pick.

https://www.geektime.com/2017/04/19...o-avoid-being-a-victim-of-crowdfunding-fraud/

 

[russc2542]

went to their site, looks like directional radar using some wavelength that sacks of water are transparent to but metal/plastic is not. it uses an array of antennas and computing power to turn the echo into a shape rather than a dot. It actually sounds scarily feasible. Likely on-par with things like the shot-spotter... nice concept but more promise than substance.

 

[rhino]

went to their site, looks like directional radar using some wavelength that sacks of water are transparent to but metal/plastic is not. it uses an array of antennas and computing power to turn the echo into a shape rather than a dot. It actually sounds scarily feasible. Likely on-par with things like the shot-spotter... nice concept but more promise than substance.

Aluminized mylar in your clothes... you'll just be a homogeneous blob below your head and above your feet.

 

[HoughMade]

Aluminized mylar in your clothes... you'll just be a homogeneous blob below your head and above your feet.

I've been that since about age 38.

 

[rhino]

I've been that since about age 38.

Hah!

I'm pretty sure my side fat is different than my front fat or my back fat.

 

[Kirk Freeman]

Here's my low tech way: I see my friends, I detect guns . . . sometimes many.

 

[russc2542]

Here's my low tech way: I see my friends, I detect guns . . . sometimes many.

Agreed. Like shot-spotter, this is a high tech marketing scheme "for the children!". Great for being on the receiving end of gov't grants but does little to nothing to address the actual issue.