A team of researchers at the Nara Institute of Science and Technology (NAIST) have developed a novel technique for watermarking 3D-printed objects. With cooperation from public printing services and printer manufacturers, the researchers say using this technique to automatically mark all printed parts with the printer’s serial number and date, for example, could help make 3D-printed objects more traceable. One application for such traceability could be preventing crimes such as illegally reprodu…
Source URL: Researchers Develop Cross-Platform Method of Encoding Data in FFF Prints
Source Website: Advance Engineering – Engineering.com