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Why is No One Investing in Smart Guns?
Written by Ralph Fascitelli of Washington Ceasefire for VentureBeat. What if you could invest in a startup that competed in an established $10 billion market where the existing players were unlikely to counter …
Fingerprint Technology Could End Accidental Shooting
Read the full article from CCTV America here. Written by Hendrik Sybrandy. One potential answer to the issue of gun violence and gun deaths in the U.S. is smart gun technology. …
Silicon Valley Targets Smart Guns
Read the full article from Newsweek here. Written by Grant Burningham with Michele Gorman in New York. In the 2012 movie Skyfall, James Bond brandishes his trusty sidearm, but with a …
Why the Tech Industry Shuns America’s Gun Problem
Silicon Valley’s change-the-world-ism doesn’t seem to apply to gun violence Read the full article here. Written by Scott Rosenberg on Backchannel. “If we can set it up so you can’t …
Smart Guns: Could Fingerprint Technology Solve America’s Shooting Deaths?
Read the full article from The Guardian here. Written by Sam Levin. The NRA is not opposed to smart guns, engineers say. So why isn’t the market flooded with biometrically …
Smart Gun Makers To Silicon Valley VCs: Fund Us
Read the full article from Forbes here. Written by Matt Drange. Smart gun makers have had to overcome fierce opposition from traditional gun rights groups. Now, they are trying to …
Smart Gun Makers Need Tech Investors to Step Up
Read the full article from CNET here. Written by Terry Collins. There’s demand out there for smart guns. The trouble is, smart gun startups aren’t attracting the funding they …
Is Smart Tech for Real?
Read the full article from Futures Magazine here. Written by Garrett Baldwin. While an expansion of background checks grabbed headlines, another executive action may have a more far-reaching impact on …