Detecting Hacked Printers with Sound, Sight and Gold

Aug-20-17 A new system able to determine if a 3D printer has been hacked could help prevent disastrous consequences.

With 3D printers being used for more items, including medical implants, a maliciously hacked printed could cause serious problems.

To help prevent such an incident, a team from Rutgers University and the Georgia Institute of Technology created a three-part system to detect hacked printers. The system involves recording the sound of a ‘correct’ object being printed for comparison to subsequent jobs, tracking the movements of the printer, and mixing gold nanorods in with the filament to detect internal holes.

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