Shoot And Move

Over at guns.com they detail a new app from the wonderful world of DARPA.

The app is still in development, but it’s based on a system the military already uses. Starting in 2007, Vanderbilt developed a similar system under Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Science Akos Ledeczi using soldier’s helmet cams to locate incoming sniper fire. By connecting the helmet cams through a wireless network, the shot locator was able to pinpoint the snipers with “a surprising degree of accuracy.”

Go read it.

ALL UR DRONEZ ARE BELONGZ 2 US

Here's an idea. Make it cool to have a small, covert surveillance device which can potentially be weaponized. Create an atmosphere where law enforcement agencies and civilian hobbyists beg to get one and then--wait for it--scoop them all up under your loving, tyrannical protective wing when crunchtime comes.

Worse yet, both Democrats and Republicans are now openly discussing a plan to put all the drones flown in America's skies, including those owned and operated by local police departments, under the ultimate supervision of the Department of Homeland Security and the Department of Justice, consolidating the country's surveillance and law enforcement powers under one powerful federal police jurisdiction.

Or maybe just when the mood strikes.

The department also plans to use its drones, and their attached cameras to surveil and police sporting events, political events and large public gatherings.
The problem with DHS's plans is that many of the above functions used to be handled by local law enforcement without any help from the federal government.

This is really no surprise is it? Build up of the domestic police force and its associated surveillance capabilities marches on. Go read it.