Combatting counterfeiting using QR codes
Wednesday, May 6, 2015 - 06:20
in Mathematics & Economics
QR security codes, developed by the start-up ScanTrust, make it possible to authenticate and locate goods using a smartphone application. Housed in the Innovation Park at EPFL, the company has developed a new tool in the fight against counterfeiting that works by detecting a loss of quality when codes are copied. It is about to raise 1.2 million francs ($1.3 million).