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Smarter Guns, A History
The history of smarter guns Smart guns and smart firearms safety technologies have had a banner year, having been featured in the New York Times, Fortune, and Uproxx, among many …
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 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 …
Has This 18-Year-Old Created The World’s Safest Gun?
Originally published on UPROXX.com. To say that gun control is a complex topic in American culture is a massive understatement, but there’s one point we can probably all agree on: …
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. …