Future Cops: Laser-guided GPS to Catch Criminals
A suspected felon flees from the Police.
Rather than engage him in a dangerous, high-speed chase, the police pursue the suspect for just a few blocks.
Then the cops tag his car with a laser-guided, GPS tracking system, launched from the front grille of the squad car and guided by a laser-sight targeting system.
Once the "sticky" transmitter attaches to the fleeing car, the police track the suspect via real-time feeds over a wireless network. They drop back, and let the crook slow down. When he stops, the cops speed up, and nab the lawbreaker as he is leaving his car.
This technology will potentially give police officers yet another tool to minimize the damaging risks associated with high-speed pursuits. The developer, StarChase, LLC, is moving forward with plans to commercialize the technology and is aiming to bring the product to market early next year. http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,312953,00.html
A suspected felon flees from the Police.
Rather than engage him in a dangerous, high-speed chase, the police pursue the suspect for just a few blocks.
Then the cops tag his car with a laser-guided, GPS tracking system, launched from the front grille of the squad car and guided by a laser-sight targeting system.
Once the "sticky" transmitter attaches to the fleeing car, the police track the suspect via real-time feeds over a wireless network. They drop back, and let the crook slow down. When he stops, the cops speed up, and nab the lawbreaker as he is leaving his car.
This technology will potentially give police officers yet another tool to minimize the damaging risks associated with high-speed pursuits. The developer, StarChase, LLC, is moving forward with plans to commercialize the technology and is aiming to bring the product to market early next year. http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,312953,00.html
The scientific concept of a laser-guided GPS tracking system launched from a police car to a target car could be instrumental in protecting society’s innocent citizens from becoming unintended victims of high speed chases. The system is based on two rather faulty assumptions however, that the police can get close enough to tag the fleeing vehicle and that the police can actually make up for lost time without speeding when attempting to apprehend a suspect as he leaves his vehicle many miles away.
ReplyDeleteThere is no doubt though that there is real potential benefit to society from future technologies that make the world a safer place to live and work. After all, Sparks dedicated an entire blog to the evolution of technologies that are related to safety. Police enforcement will continue to be a focus of new technology. We may someday see the development of “spiderman technology” where police “shoot a web that catches thieves just like flies”. Look out, criminals of the future! Technology is moving faster than you are!
It is interesting to see a piece of technology such as this. I would have never even dreamed of doing this, let alone putting it into a useable form. This should cut down on fatalities in car crashes caused by police chases. I'm sure we have all seen the videos on T.V. that show the worlds wildest police chases. Some of the people that are breaking the law and running from the police have nothing to loose. The police actually seem to provoke them and make them act even more irrationally. If this piece of technology was implemented it could potentially save many peoples live as well as a lot of money. I'm sure the suburbs and rural areas will not see this until the price goes down, or crime becomes a big problem. I'm sure this will be implemented in many of the dangerous and crime ridden cities around the U.S.
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