New bottle cap thwarts wine counterfeiters
A new cap invented by Argonne's Vulnerability Assessment Team can detect fraudulent or tampered wine. By plugging the cap into a computer through a USB cable, a wine buyer or auctioneer can determine if the wine inside is genuine. New generations of the cap will contain a color sensor that detects a particular tiny section of a tie-dye pattern located under the cap. Read the full story at:
New bottle cap thwarts wine counterfeiters -  Argonne News Release (Aug. 1st, 2008)

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