Finally, a Bond movie with a weapon we should make

OK we all know how cool the Bond movies are. The combination of beautiful women, violence and some pretty impressive gadgets makes it a no brainer for most guys. The latest installment, Skyfall, has yet to be released in South Africa but I came across a very interesting article that made a very important point. Often, Bond and technically feasibility don’t go well together—think that fleet of space shuttles in Moonraker, for example. Skyfall features a technology that we should be vigorously pursuing, that is technically plausible, and that could save thousands of lives a year.This technology is, perhaps ironically, a gun: one that uses a biometric palm scanner to lock out unauthorized users. Makes sense doesn't it. How many times have we read those tragic stories about young children who find their fathers gun and kill either themselves or their friends or the burglar who uses a stolen gun to kill someone else. This technology is available and given the huge profits that the arms industry generates should be implemented. Click HERE to read the whole article.