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State Department Tries To Muzzle 3D Printed Firearms

Mordechai Osdoby — Fri, 10 May 2013 15:46:29 +0000

Remember all the hubbub about 3D printed guns? No? Not even when the U.S. government gave a firearms licence to Defense Distributed, the biggest name in renderable firearms? This past week was another huge one for DD, as it printed and tested the new Liberator gun, an all plastic gun that only needs the addition of a nail to serve […]

SXSW: 3D Gun Printing And Practical Anarchy

Megan Moten — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 23:26:43 +0000

File sharing has long been a part of the internet discussion. The sharing of music, movies, books, and other forms of media are common place, although legally murky. Attracting a lot of attention recently is Cody Wilson, Director of Defense Distributed (DD), an organization committed to sharing weapons designs to be fabricated through 3D printers. […]

Intelligent Guns In The Age Of The Assassin

Rick Diehl — Mon, 14 Jan 2013 15:00:48 +0000

“The only person who could ever miss with this gun would be the sucker with the bread to buy it.”– Peter (Ken Foree), Dawn of the Dead (1978) TrackingPoint, the Austin, TX-based manufacturer of high-end rifles for wealthy hunters has introduced its Precision Guided Firearm (PGF) to the public. Using technology based on the tactical […]

Judge Dredd! The Man! The Tech! The Reality!

Tim Twelves — Wed, 12 Dec 2012 15:00:32 +0000

The future America is an irradiated wasteland. On its east coast, running from Boston to Charlotte, lies Mega-City One — a vast, violent metropolis where criminals run rampant. The only force of order lies with the urban police force called Judges who have the powers of judge, jury, and executioner for every crime — littering, […]

City of Philadelphia Shoots Privacy In Foot With New App

Mordechai Osdoby — Wed, 15 Aug 2012 17:33:08 +0000

Want to know who got turned down for a gun permit? Turns out that there’s an app for that, at least in Philadelphia. There, the Department of Licenses and Inspection decided to release a web app that shows an insane amount of detail, on a handy-dandy, easy to use map. You can use the map […]