Thread: The IRIS - a great Kiwi product, what do you think?

Under currently NZ law, this device cannot become "mandatory". This would mean a monopoly to the manufacture/provide. The device would need to be able to be compatible with other manufacturers than just Hunter Safety Lab. However, as they would/may have applied and have had patents granted, therefore, no one else can create a device that works the same way. Maybe they needed to put a vest on there foot to prevent shooting them self there.

I also work in the technology sector, for a large US company that provides advanced guidance systems to a range of customers. Think along the lines of governments that require to guide something to a very specific location where it to unsafe to have a team of highly skilled specialist operators. We also provide systems to the construction and agg industries for automation of machine like dozers and mining trucks, these machines have no operators in them. Yes, human error is a factor in what we do and this is why systems involved in the safety of others have MULTIPLE fail safes built in. We are a user of the quality system 6 Sigma, and with the exception of a very specific line of product we built to automotive standards, this mean the same failure rate as you car...... 50 per 1,000,000

I'm all for having the right tools and education for hunting, but unfortunately, the IRIS doesn't appear to have any fail safes, other than the human using it........ therefore, back to the education again.

A practical firearms test, including moving targets and target identification may be a step in the right direction. Finland run a system like this, not sure what their hunting death stats are like.