![]() ![]() It’s rare to find engineers with a strong understanding of both ballistics and biometrics whose products can be expected to work perfectly in life-or-death situations. But making a smart gun that’s good enough to be taken seriously has proved beyond difficult. The weapons carry the hope that an extra technological safeguard might prevent a wide range of gun-related accidents and deaths. Ashlee Vance praises Musk for his bold iconoclastic thinking, and for having the chutzpah to see it through given the enormous pressure from investors, customers, and employees not to raise the price of the car. Smart guns have been a notoriously quixotic category for decades. South African boy Musk has always been passionate about technology, space, and renewable energy and moved to the United States as a teenager. ![]() The weapons being tested at this site are smart guns: They can identify their registered users and won’t fire for anyone else. It’s a far cry from the gleaming labs of the average James Bond movie, but Q might still be proud. Black acoustic-foam padding on the walls softens the gunshot noise to make the experience more bearable for the shooter, while an air filtration system sucks particulates out of the air. Paper targets with torsos printed on them hang from two parallel tracks, and a rubber trap waits at the back of the container to catch the spent bullets. ![]() In an office parking lot about halfway between Denver and Boulder, a former 50-foot-long shipping container has been converted into a cramped indoor shooting range. Exclusive today: The first Smart Gun that actually works is here. ![]()
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