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from the the-next-generation-of-forensics dept.
High definition scans and image recognition are combined to produce a unique signature for any part:
Everything needed to trace, track or certify any individual manufactured part is already present on the part itself, according to Brian Crowley, CEO of Alitheon, a startup company focused on object traceability. The surface detail of a manufactured part is unique in the same way fingerprints are, he says. And, importantly, off-the-shelf imaging technology — notably including the cameras in our phones — is now capable of accurately capturing this distinctive surface-level detail. The result is a new possibility for identifying parts, arguably better and more reliable than serial numbers. Alitheon’s technology for using this surface detail for part ID is called “FeaturePrint.”
Sorry if this seems like a soylvertizement--I don't have any connection to the company, it just seemed like an interesting new technology, with wide-ranging consequences. While initially this might be used internal to factories that need to track every part of an assembly and avoid bad parts or counterfeits slipping into production, other applications seem possible. For example, there is no point in filing the serial number off that gun, unless you also deface all the surfaces on *all* the external and internal parts.
(Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday June 10 2020, @06:48AM (3 children)
Their claim is that so long as a minimum of 10% of any of the surface features identified as being present in the original scan exist, they can still identify the item...one wonders if the face recognition mob have looked at this, considering that we've all got a legitimate excuse now to wander around in public masked up...
(Score: 3, Funny) by Pslytely Psycho on Wednesday June 10 2020, @09:04AM
Interesting point in light of the fact that in open carry states a lot of people now look like they are heading out to rob a stagecoach...
Alex Jones lawyer inspires new TV series: CSI Moron Division.
(Score: 2) by mhajicek on Wednesday June 10 2020, @05:58PM (1 child)
Parts produced sequentially on modern CNC equipment can share at least 99% of tooling marks, and have all features within .0001" of each other. Can it distinguish between those parts?
The spacelike surfaces of time foliations can have a cusp at the surface of discontinuity. - P. Hajicek
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday June 10 2020, @06:20PM
.... after they've been cerakoted?
Or case hardened?
Or etched?