Author Archive for Margot Hirsch
Police Officer’s Stolen Gun Still Missing – Smart Guns Offer Solution
Law enforcement officers in Indiana are still searching for a stolen gun that was taken from a police vehicle last Friday. While police officers in Anderson, Indiana were conducting a drug …
Launching today, the Race to Reliability Challenge
The Smart Tech Firearms: Race to Reliability Challenge is your opportunity to meet the innovators leading the field of firearms safety technology and tell them what YOU think about their …
Smart Gun Company Tracking Point Returns
This week, smart gun company Tracking Point has returned to the marketplace, once again fulfilling back orders and accepting new orders for their self-aiming rifle. The smart gun integrates a …
Announcement: Smart Tech Firearms Reliability Challenge
The Smart Tech Challenges Foundation was formed to spur innovation in firearm safety, and our elite field of innovators are working on technologies that improve safety through the integration of …
Smart guns locked to owners’ identities could stop needless deaths
Originally published in New Scientist London. What is your foundation’s approach to the US gun situation? It’s a polarising issue in this country – the political system is gridlocked. Many …
Why Don’t We Have Life-Saving Smart Guns Yet?
Originally published in Popular Mechanics. For decades inventors have been trying to make guns that can be fired only by their owners, without sacrificing reliability. Stuffy industry types call them …
Teen Develops Smart Gun Unlocked by Fingerprint
Originally published in Voice of America. Smart Tech Challenges Foundation’s innovator Kai Kloepfer was 16 years old when he won the INTEL International Science and Engineering Fair. He had designed a …
Smart guns can prevent gun tragedies
Published in the Detroit Free Press. At a time when he should be getting ready for his first day of sixth grade, an 11-year-old Detroit boy has been charged with …