New Rifle Shoots Beam of Light (Feb, 1934)
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Source: Modern Mechanix ( More articles from this issue )
Issue: Feb, 1934
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Source: Modern Mechanix ( More articles from this issue )
Issue: Feb, 1934
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New Rifle Shoots Beam of Light
AN INVENTION of considerable interest to rifle enthusiasts is the “Shadolite” gun. Without ammunition of any kind, this new gun registers bull’s-eyes and misses just as does an ordinary rifle.
A powerful flashlight mounted inside a nine gauge shotgun flashes a beam of light at the target for any set interval of time ranging from zero to 30 seconds. A photoelectric cell mounted behind a hole in the center of the target causes a relay to operate when the rifle is correctly aimed, thereby lighting a signal lamp. The aim of the gun may be corrected within the time length of the bullet beam.
Laser Tags humble beginnings?
Comment by mike brisendine — June 18, 2008 @ 4:53 am
I was thinking of the gun from “Duck Hunt” on the NES…
Comment by nlpnt — June 18, 2008 @ 5:24 am
nlpnt:
I think Mike is closer.
The NES gun is a photodetector, like a primitive computer pen.
Comment by jayessell — June 18, 2008 @ 5:45 am
And so, thousands of penny arcade machines were born.
Comment by slim — June 18, 2008 @ 12:01 pm