RFID Archive
RFID Guns Coming Soon
Earlier this month, a Vox reporter made headlines himself for blurring the lines between humanity and technology when he had an RFID chip implanted into his hand. He’s reported that …
iGun CEO Jonathan Mossberg, smart gun visionary
CEO Jonathan Mossberg Smart technology fans might already know the “Mossberg” name from Walt Mossberg, the well-known technology journalist of Ctrl-Walt-Delete notoriety. Now more people are getting to know another …
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 …
Smart guns could save our children
Why shouldn’t guns be “smart” to avoid accidental and intentional deaths? “Smart” keys for automobiles have cut down on auto theft. “Smart” phones use pins, passwords and fingerprints to reduce theft. …
Is politics stifling innovation in smart gun technology?
Smart guns – the topic is more mired in politics and controversy than it is flourishing in innovation and while you still can’t buy a gun that works only for …
Smart Guns Save Lives. So Where Are They?
Written by Nicholas Kristof for the New York Times. BOULDER, Colo. — JUST after Christmas, Veronica Rutledge of Blackfoot, Idaho, took her 2-year-old son to a Walmart store to spend …
How ‘Smart Guns’ Could Eventually Help Shape US Foreign Policy
On Nov. 3, 1969, president Richard Nixon addressed the nation, at one point laying out what he said had “been described as the Nixon Doctrine,” a three-point foreign policy “to …