ID Sniper rifle
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The ID Sniper rifle is a fictional, hoax weapon devised by Jakob Salomon Boeskov (da:Jakob Salomon Boeskov), a Danish-Icelandish artist from New York. The ID Sniper shoots GPS chips, and the police force may tag persons with this rifle for later easy retrieval. It was produced by the fictional company "Empire North"[1]
According to its specs, [2], "It will feel like a mosquito-bite lasting a fraction of a second. At the same time a digital camcorder with a zoom-lense fitted within the scope will take a high-resolution picture of the target. This picture will be stored on a memory card for later image-analysis."
The design was presented in 2002 in Beijing at the China Police exhibition [3]
Boeskov created an artistic project, "My Doomsday Weapon", an exhibition of the ID Sniper rifle [4]
The news about the weapon was spread over the internet, and even Computerworld was hoaxed [3] although they quickly withdrew the report.
On March 7th, 2007, "Engadget" posted images and news of the weapon [5], despite having denounced it as a hoax [6] almost three years prior to the post.
[edit] References
- ^ Empire North
- ^ ID Sniper specs
- ^ a b An article in Der Spiegel (German)
- ^ An interview for Kopenhagen.dk (Danish)
- ^ [1]
- ^ [2]
- "Abuse Your Illusions - The Disinformation Guide To Media Mirages and Establishment Lies", edited by Russ Kick (2003) ISBN 0-9713942-4-5
