BTW: I find it really classy how some sites refuse to give you credit for breaking the story. (I won’t give them the boost of noting their names or URL.) A simple Google search will show that most sites which posted before them reference back to you, including Free Republic, HotAir, and Gizmodo. It was also linked on Stumble It, del.icio.us, and Digg. Admittedly, it is possible that the other sites found it through an independent USPTO search like I did. However, their timing is awfully suspicious seeing as they posted after the story went viral. Perhaps they were just too embarrassed to link to a gun blog. (On the plus side, at least they didn’t hotlink the photos from your server.)

P.S.: Have you forgotten about the flechette rifle?

This is still America, though, and we are still in the Awkward stage.
http://votefordavid.blogspot.com/2009/02/political-victroy-window-war-or.html

I didn’t point out the inadequate cover the President had, BTW, I just made a comment that every security-type was thinking when he first laid eyes on it.

(Steve, apology for the blog pimping)

Think about it, if a bullet was flying at your head, this system could fire off the muscles in your neck to slightly bend it away from the bullet, while simultaneously firing off every muscle in the spine to bend every joint ever so slightly, while simultaneously firing off the muscles in your leg and knees to bend every joint there, causing you to dramatically change position relatively fast simply because most of your body slightly moves. Think your finger flicking, then imagine that occurring over your entire body.

Hmm. So it would be something like early warning radar for combat aircraft.

“Sniper has a lock on you and is firing!”

hmm. some people might carry smoke grenades too, and be able to pop chaff.

Now that would be awesome. Imagine a sniper taking a shot at you and your “armor” allows you to dodge the bullet while simultaneously pinpointing the shooter. Whoa.

I got to agree with the first two posts. Knowing the muscle control that it takes to simply dodge a punch which is essentially telegraphed to you in more than 1/10 of a second I’m not sure what I could do even involuntarily against something occurring in thousands of a second along with calculating a point of impact, angle of trajectory, etc. Sounds like you’d need to have an IBM supercomputer strapped to your pack (which would make that Neo move even harder).

Oh, and FreeRepublic dittos on your blog!

i don’t know; let’s say this system worked for whatever reason, and a person covered by it was fired on, has his limbs waving around trying to avoid a wild shot, and breaks his arm on a nearby obstruction, or a bystander for that matter. or while he’s flailing about he falls down, and that action gives the gunman (or woman, we don’t discriminate) time to realign their shot(s) while they’re flat on the ground, or say the device malfunctions, pulls too hard, and snaps his neck. i think i’ll take the possibility of getting hit by a bullet. good enough for Harrison, McKinley, Roosevelt, Kennedy, Ford, and Reagan; good enough for me.

Reading the patent, it actually is supposed to stop ranged fire (200 meters or more, with an emphasis on the “more”). It still is ridiculous to control the muscles of the person, though.

Good times!

Anyway, hotair.com linked to this article. I’m sure other blogs did too.

More rams is need to prevent crash like you just experienced.

Water Proof, Wind Proof, and Bullet Proof aren’t always!

V/R

C_S

Just sayin’.

Oh, and an indirectly fired mortar shell would have been just the ticket for someone who thought they were safe in a silly open-top shell like that.