smart ammunition theme
Ammunition for a firearm has some built-in capability to assess the situation mid-flight and adjust itself according to the situations it finds.
Examples
Neal Stephenson in "Sevenevens" (2015) describe small arms munition that could, for example, detect if it were to impact a wall in which case it would reconfigure itself to shatter and inflict minimal damage (useful in spaceships).
2 total · 2 minor
| Story | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| movie: Runaway (1984) | minor | We saw smart bullets that acted as miniature heat seeking missiles capable of locking onto a human target's unique heat signature, pursuing them wherever they run, even around corners. |
| novel: Seveneves (2015) | minor | the spacers developed smart ammunition that would reconfigure itself so as not to puncture walls in space habitats |