LodeStar Work: Smart Gun

2022: Pistol Announcement

In mid-January 2022, LodeStar Works and SmartGunz developed various smart pistols that are able to recognize their owner, in addition to the owner himself, no one can make a single shot from him thanks to built-in identification systems. The smart weapon includes a fingerprint scanner, short-range wireless data technology, as well as a panel for entering a personal identification number. Both companies hope to release their product on sale in 2022.

Smart weapons from LodeStar Works are designed for cartridges of 9 mm caliber. The identification of the host device takes place using a fingerprint scanner, which is located at the side end of the barrel. The weapon also includes a Short Range Wireless Data (NFC) sensor, which allows communication between devices. Gareth Gleiser, co-founder of the company, said he was inspired by too many stories about children shot while playing with unattended weapons.

In the United States, they fired smart pistols with scanners that allow only owners to shoot

Smart weapons can prevent such tragedies by using technology to identify the user and turn off the weapon if someone else tries to shoot it. Based on this, the pistol can be used only after entering a PIN code, after which it is actively used for its intended purpose. Small arms can be authorized for more than one user. LodeStar Works pistol designed for novice customers will be sold retail at $600-700

SmartGunz developed weapons by function only with a fingerprint. The company is owned by Kansas Democratic Senator Tom Holland, who co-founded the company in 2020. Small arms differ from LodeStar Works in technical characteristics, which are higher in the model than SmartGunz. According to Holland, smart weapons are already being tested in US law enforcement.

According to the manufacturer, large-scale production of smart weapons is still quite difficult, but after many years of trial and error, the technology has already become quite advanced for releasing the product to the world market. Microelectronics inside pistols are well protected. Most devices used either fingerprint unlocking technology or radio frequency identification technology, which allows a pistol to shoot only when a chip in a weapon is associated with another chip that the user wears on the body. You can embed the chip both in the ring and in any other accessory.^[1]

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