full-disclosure - Fingerprinting Paper with Laser

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Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2010 17:17:16 +0200
From: Gadi Evron <ge@...uxbox.org>
To: "bugtraq@...urityfocus.com" <bugtraq@...urityfocus.com>,
	full-disclosure@...ts.grok.org.uk
Subject: Fingerprinting Paper with Laser

I saw this release today, and just had to share it with anyone I could find.

"Every paper, plastic, metal and ceramic surface is microscopically 
different and has its own 'fingerprint'. Professor Cowburn's LSA system 
uses a laser to read this naturally occurring 'fingerprint'. The 
accuracy of measurement is often greater than that of DNA with a 
reliability of at least one million trillion."

I love it when old technologies and science are used in interesting new 
ways to impact the future.

http://nanotechwire.com/news.asp?nid=2254

Expect to see this technology at an airport near you, in five years or so.

	Gadi.

-- 
Gadi Evron,
ge@...uxbox.org.

Blog: http://gevron.livejournal.com/

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