First ever demo of patented technology via a smartphone app aims to eliminate counterfeiting. Counterfeit products are a huge problem – from medicines to car parts, fake technology costs liv... Read more
Chemical engineers hope smartphone-readable microparticles could crack down on counterfeiting. Some 2 to 5 percent of all international trade involves counterfeit goods, according to a 2013... Read more
Physicists say they can make money that can’t be copied—at least in theory Since the invention of paper money, counterfeiters have churned out fake bills. Some of their handiwork, cre... Read more
Zapping fakes with lasers FROM banknotes to bottles of Bordeaux and Vans shoes to Viagra, good forgeries can be hard to detect—even for experts. The difficulty is finding a quick and reliabl... Read more