Harnessing Subatomic Effects for Product Authentication

Posted by timothy on Tuesday February 12, 2002 @04:59PM from the how-about-a-laundry-pen dept.

Anon writes: "Israeli company Microtag claims to have come up with a way to avoid counterfits, and they mean everything from CDs to clothes to cash to vegetable seeds. Mix several micrograms of their 'magic powder' - which is engineered with a unique identification using the matter's spin - into your product - and later you can verify its authenticity with a relatively low-cost reader. Although their presumption is that no-one else will be able to create this 'magic powder' (which is probably only a matter of time and enough money), an Israeli article claims that Motorola and even the Bank of England are interested in the technology."

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what does counterfit mean? by JPawloski · 2002-02-12 19:29 · Score: -1, Flamebait

oh oh oh, you mean counterFEIT

dumbass
Re:chemical markers already in use? by Anonymous Coward · 2002-02-13 09:36 · Score: -1, Flamebait

REALLY!?!?!?!?!??!?! Well I'VE heard that the govt. already has a similar system to track people that gets shoved up your ass every time you post an ignorant fucking opinion to /.

Shut up, cock-smoke.