17-Year-Old Engineer Applies Biometric Touch ID Technology to Firearm   SAN FRANCISCO — Today, Silicon Valley’s Smart Tech Challenges Foundation announced it is funding an innovator developing user-authentication technology for …

Originally published by ABC 7 Denver.  BOULDER, Colo. – A 17-year-old innovator from Boulder took the top prize in the first-ever $1MM Smart Tech for Firearms Challenge. “The Challenge aims …

Originally published by NBC 9 Denver. BOULDER – A 17-year-old Boulder High School student has been awarded a $50,000 grant to build a firearm that knows who’s firing it via …

Boulder High School student Kai Kloepfer was awarded $50K grant in the Smart Tech Challenges Foundation’s Firearm Safety Challenge. Aired on 7 NEWS – The Denver Channel on September 10, …

Originally published by The CW 2 Denver.  BOULDER, Colo. – A 17-year-old inventor in Boulder will receive a $50,000 grant to help develop a biometric sensor designed to prevent unauthorized …

Originally published on FOX 31 Denver. BOULDER, Colo. – A 17-year-old inventor in Boulder will receive a $50,000 grant to help develop a biometric sensor designed to prevent unauthorized people …

Originally published on Wired.com: Omer Kiyani’s hands still shake when he remembers the day that changed the course of his life. He was 16 years old, riding in a car …

Originally published on CNN.com: As a teenager, Omer Kiyani was shot in the face with an unsecured firearm. He still struggles with the trauma. But the Detroit engineer now believes …