Ron Conway, an angel investor at some of the most successful startups in the past decade, from Google to Twitter, has held a Christmas party in his San Francisco apartment overlooking Dubai14.
One of his guests that night was former congressman Gifford.
When Conway prayed for Newtown's family, the atmosphere that was supposed to be a festival became solemn, and CT and exhortation gathered at his home the leading edge of technology and venture capital, help solve gun violence skillfully.
There may be a lot of problems that cannot be solved, but the popularity of the pointless mass shooting is not one of them.
Apple added a fingerprint identification sensor when it launched its latest iPhone in September.
This new feature called Touch ID makes it almost impossible for children to pick up their parents' iPhone 5S, dial random contacts, play Minecraft or surf the Internet.
Imagine what this technology can do for the most deadly consumer goods known to mankind-guns.
This is not an abstract concept.
The proliferation of innovations like Apple's sensors in the gadget industry has made it increasingly feasible to imagine similar applications in various industries, including those with real potential to save lives.
It's hard to imagine a better starting point than a gun manufacturer.
In the five years ended 2010, nearly 3,800 Americans died in accidental shootings, more than one of them
About 1,300 victims
According to the Legal Center to Prevent Gun Violence, they are less than 25 years old.
This is equivalent to 50 tragic incidents of the Sandy Hook school massacre.
In addition, recent New York Times comments on the death of hundreds of children's gunsthe second-
Leading cause of death for children aged 10 to 19-
It was shown that nearly half of the cases studied were not recorded as accidents by the authorities.
In addition, 19,000 gunmen commit suicide each year, including a large number of problematic people carrying weapons they do not own.
So many of these tragedies could have been avoided by adopting innovative advances, which is no different from the existing biometric technology on one of the most popular consumer goods on Earth.
Tens of millions of new iPhones have been sold.
The debate over how to reduce gun violence has remained unresolved since Sandy Hook took office for a year.
Although legislation to strengthen gun control has failed in the Senate, most Americans support measures to ensure that guns are not available to those who should not have them.
While it is not clear whether the legislative debate can be resolved in a political cycle, it is painful that technology and innovation develop faster and more effectively than Congress.
Conway came in from here.
His call for safer guns has evolved into a gun challenge for the smart technology Foundation.
The group was inspired by Sandy Hook's promiseprofit I co-
Founded after the shooting in my hometown of Newtown, which is raising $1 million for the inventor, he made the best advice to improve gun safety.
Sandy Hook has promised no economic benefit in the competition and is expected to include biometrics and radio technology
Frequency recognition technology can help identify enemy friends, make gun safes smarter, or reduce the lethality of ammunition.
Conway's efforts have led him to the promise of Sandy Hook, in addition to finding ways to help the community recover, the purpose of the establishment was to allow those most affected by the Newtown incident to express their views in the National Gun Violence discussion.
With the help of Conway, Sandy Hook is committed to the start of the innovation initiative to promote private, free
By connecting entrepreneurs in the areas of mental health, guns, big data and community security with potential investors, market solutions for gun violence are available.
The smart technology Foundation is the next iteration of the work.
So, what does the technology innovation of the gun industry not like?
First, gun owners
I'm one of them.
A group of suspicious people.
Although they are not entirely ludites, they will not be early adopters of new inventions if they are worried that they will not work.
Interestingly, a reviewer about the truth about guns, a gun lover's blog, wrote that the smart technology challenge will produce guns that only unicorns can use. âx80x9dLawrence G.
General counsel for the National Shooting Foundation Keane (NSSF)
The firearms and ammunition industry trade association says there are good reasons to be vigilant about technology to strengthen public safety.
For example, when a homeowner or shop owner needs a weapon to protect him or someone else from the offender, the technology of such a weapon fails, which will lead to different kinds of tragedies.
Some gun owners are concerned that biometric technology will be the back door for gun registration.
Then there is a small problem with the existing 0. 3 billion guns in the United States.
It is expensive and difficult to transform them with new technologies.
These arguments, while logical, are not a reason to hinder the introduction of the gun business into modern times.
In fact, the industry's slow pace in leading the security innovation effort goes beyond functions such as trigger locks that have been around for years, which can be seen as a complete failure of the capitalist imagination.
After all, the Gunners are extraordinary marketers.
They often make improvements in precision and speed.
They succeeded in winning sales after Sandy Hook, sparking fear of candy legislation that has never been realized.
A record 21 million background checks
Agent for actual sales
According to the FBI, this was carried out in the 12 months ended November.
Like any business, Gunners are always looking for reasons to sell more guns to people.
Why not keep their products safe?
Accidental death, suicide or theft
Their unique selling point?
They can even charge high prices like Volvo and Mercedes charge cars.
Of course, anything that raises the bottom line will be something that manufacturers and industry associations (such as NSSF) can lag behind.
If anyone should have a direct understanding of the cost of humanity, it is the NSSF: it is based in Newtown. (
Rob Cox is
The founder of Sandy Hook's promise, a non-
Committed to reducing the profit of gun violence;
It is also the global editor-in-chief of Thomson Reuters review agency Breakingviews. )
Photo: People hold signs commemorating Sandy Hook Elementary School, 26 children and adults were killed in a mass shooting on December, and on January 26, 2013, when they took part in a gun control parade in Washington National square.