Paper Fingerprints Prevent Forgery

May-26-17 An innovative paper fingerprint technology could offer an affordable way to prevent forgery.

The technique, from a team at Newcastle University, is based on the idea that each piece of paper has a ‘fingerprint’ created by its woven texture of wood particles. To check the authenticity of a piece of paper, the user snaps a photo of a specific backlit area of the paper with their smartphone, and then compares that image to one on file accessed by a QR code—also printed on the paper. If the paper is the original version, the two unique wood patterns will match, like a fingerprint.

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