Kai Kloepfer Tag Archive

Colorado High Schooler Invents Smart Gun That Unlocks With Your Fingerprint
Originally published by TechCrunch. Colorado has a history with gun violence so it’s only appropriate that 17-year-old Kai Kloepfer, a high school student from Boulder, would want to apply biometric …

MTV.com: This Teen’s Brilliant Invention Could Prevent Accidental Gun Deaths
Originally published on MTV.com. 17-year-old Kai Kloepfer’s invention might’ve just solved one of America’s biggest issues—accidental gun deaths. The teen has invented a device that uses fingerprint sensors to prohibit …

This 17-Year-Old’s Brilliant Invention May Lower Accidental Gun Deaths In America
(Fox31) 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 from firing guns. “I’ve been …

This 17-Year-Old’s Brilliant Invention May Lower Accidental Gun Deaths In America
Originally published on the Huffington Post. Seventeen-year-old Kai Kloepfer’s idea for a finger-print sensitive smart gun came to him in a dream. This week, the Colorado teen won a $50,000 …

Group Gives 17-Year-Old $50,000 for His Gun Innovations
Originally published at the Blaze. There’s a group from Silicon Valley that just gave a 17-year-old $50,000 to keep playing with guns. The Smart Tech Challenges Foundation, based in California’s …

STCF Announces $50,000 Grant To Young Innovator Developing Smart Gun Tech
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 …

ABC: Boulder High School student Kai Kloepfer awarded $50K grant in Firearm Safety Challenge
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 …

NBC: Teenager Invents Biometric Gun Safety Device
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 …