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A 19-Year-Old Just Built the First Fingerprint-Reading Smart Gun (VIDEO)
Read the Full Article Here. Kai Kloepfer, 19, has developed a prototype gun that unlocks with a fingerprint sensor, like a smartphone. Could it save lives? WSJ’s Geoffrey A. Fowler …
Gun Tech: 10 Startups Working To Make Firearms Smarter And Safer
Read the Full Article Here. American manufacturers are producing over 11M firearms annually, mostly handguns, according to the latest report from the Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms. Gun violence in America …
These 5 Smart Gun Technologies Could Be the Future of Firearms in America
Read the full article from NationSwell here. As the gun control debate rages nationwide, these innovators are putting politics aside and keeping firearm owners in mind as they create …
This Lifelong Hunter Aims to Make Guns Safer — By Making Them Smarter
Read the full Article by Chris Peak for NationSwell here. In our ongoing series, meet entrepreneur Don Kendall, Jr., a member of the NationSwell Council, a community of leaders who share …
President Obama’s Plan to Make America Smarter About Guns
Technology aimed at improving safety for cops and private gun owners gets a push from the White House. Read the full article from Mother Jones here. Written by Josh Harkinson. …
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 …
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 …