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Competitions, contests and challenges have become a potent way to inspire and fund innovation.
比赛，竞争以及挑战困难和极限一直以来都是激发及开创创新之路的有效途径;3@)J77%KK*。
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.
仅仅X挑战这一项赛事就正用数十亿美元刺激着科学家和工程师们去研发新型医疗技术、研究海洋以及探测月球等项目]k1FR3~OJ%DQ#。
Now one of the more unlikely competitions out there seeks to make firearms safer.
而现在最新一项脱颖而出的不像比赛的比赛则是寻求使得手枪等武器变得更安全的方法pTk|LRTx-j_2。

What's called the Smart Tech Challenges Foundation last month launched its Firearms Challenge.
被称为智能科技挑战基金会的这个组织上个月开始了一项枪支武器挑战赛ZPr|;Oo#(0ey;。
The goal: find technology that reliably authorizes approved use—and blocks the unauthorized use—of guns and ammunition.
这项赛事的目标是针对枪支和军火等武器装备开发一项可靠被认可的授权技术—并阻断非授权用户的使用pJMJZMt3|hA-#。
So-called smartguns have been in the works for years but haven't gotten much traction.
而这种智能手枪已经投入使用许久，但一直并未展现出明显亮点.T[c1,CjkV。
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.
德国公司Armatix制造出了一把智能手枪，只需射击者佩戴一件配备特殊无线电频率ID身份的腕表即可激活这把武器ex3#l68dJ%。
Ireland's TriggerSmart likewise makes a gun unlocked by radio waves, as long as the shooter wears a special ring.
而爱尔兰的TriggerSmart同样也制造出了一种可通过无线电波激活的手枪，它需要射击者佩戴一枚特殊戒指ys-fT-4zvXd5xP。
Other companies rely on fingerprints and other biometrics or even sensors and smartphone apps to unlock their weapons.
其它公司则基于指纹及生物识别技术甚至是传感器和智能手机app程序也开发出了相关武器t2#gDT~Lx7;6Ns。
Questions about the reliability of such high-tech weapons—and, of course, politics—have kept them from catching on the U.S.
对这些高科技武器的可靠性的质疑，当然还有政治在内的因素使得该武器只能在美国境内使用G*%a.d06~IsZ5v%pOc7。
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，包括通过开发出智能枪支等是值得为之努力的4D;KJ-hby#t9YdEv。
词语解释

1.shell out v.交付，支付

Ignore them, unless you have a ton of money to shell out in legal fees.
无视他们，除非你有大把的金钱支付律师费用H!rTl+Qjb)d.xY。

But when chinese online-video provider tudou holdings ltd. goes public, its chief executive is going to have to shell out some of his own cash.
但当中国在线视频提供商土豆网上市时，公司首席执行长却需要从口袋掏出一些钱psf2p-Do(XiIlh0E。

2.seek to v.设法；企图，试图

Is it something that you seek to do?
这是不是你寻求做的事情？

It doesn't say: "we seek to beat analysts 'expectations every quarter.
上面并没有说：“我们致力于每个季度都超出分析师们的预期3U)Rju*N.)HY^d。

3.as long as 只要,如果

It will prosper as long as china does.
只要中国繁荣，澳大利亚就会兴旺发达^[b|Mxb&uPFWRGrV。

Music has been with us as long as we can collectively remember.
只要音乐与我们同在，我们就会有共同的记忆Izhq%.ZmYRe%~H。

4.require to 要求

Drain piping may require to be protected against freezing.
泄水管要求有防冻保护措施T7cO=1F8k]pK。

These objects require to be quarantined on the spot.
这些物品需要进行现场检疫m&fcbao0-aNV。