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Competitions, contests and challenges have become a potent way to inspire and fund innovation.
比賽，競爭以及挑戰(zhàn)困難和極限一直以來都是激發(fā)及開創(chuàng)創(chuàng)新之路的有效途徑。
The X PRIZE alone is shelling out tens of millions of dollars to incentivize scientists and engineers to develop new medical technologies, study the oceans and explore the moon.
僅僅X挑戰(zhàn)這一項賽事就正用數(shù)十億美元刺激著科學(xué)家和工程師們?nèi)パ邪l(fā)新型醫(yī)療技術(shù)、研究海洋以及探測月球等項目。
Now one of the more unlikely competitions out there seeks to make firearms safer.
而現(xiàn)在最新一項脫穎而出的不像比賽的比賽則是尋求使得手槍等武器變得更安全的方法。
What's called the Smart Tech Challenges Foundation last month launched its Firearms Challenge.
被稱為智能科技挑戰(zhàn)基金會的這個組織上個月開始了一項槍支武器挑戰(zhàn)賽。
The goal: find technology that reliably authorizes approved use—and blocks the unauthorized use—of guns and ammunition.
這項賽事的目標(biāo)是針對槍支和軍火等武器裝備開發(fā)一項可靠被認(rèn)可的授權(quán)技術(shù)—并阻斷非授權(quán)用戶的使用。
So-called smartguns have been in the works for years but haven't gotten much traction.
而這種智能手槍已經(jīng)投入使用許久，但一直并未展現(xiàn)出明顯亮點。
The German company Armatix makes an intelligent pistol that requires the shooter to wear a special radio-frequency-ID-equipped wristwatch to activate the weapon.
德國公司Armatix制造出了一把智能手槍，只需射擊者佩戴一件配備特殊無線電頻率ID身份的腕表即可激活這把武器。
Ireland's TriggerSmart likewise makes a gun unlocked by radio waves, as long as the shooter wears a special ring.
而愛爾蘭的TriggerSmart同樣也制造出了一種可通過無線電波激活的手槍，它需要射擊者佩戴一枚特殊戒指。
Other companies rely on fingerprints and other biometrics or even sensors and smartphone apps to unlock their weapons.
其它公司則基于指紋及生物識別技術(shù)甚至是傳感器和智能手機(jī)app程序也開發(fā)出了相關(guān)武器。
Questions about the reliability of such high-tech weapons—and, of course, politics—have kept them from catching on the U.S.
對這些高科技武器的可靠性的質(zhì)疑，當(dāng)然還有政治在內(nèi)的因素使得該武器只能在美國境內(nèi)使用。
But efforts to improve firearm safety, including via smartguns, are worth a shot.
但致力于提高武器安全性能，包括通過開發(fā)出智能槍支等是值得為之努力的。
