A little foam treat for the thieves

[Sharif]

ATM thieves have a little departing treat for them

"Spoiler"

its a special chemical defence system

 

 

ATM thieves are increasingly focused on digital heists, but many of these robbers still prefer old-fashioned currency. They may want to think twice about stealing cash in the future, though, as ETH Zurich has developed a chemical defense system that both deters theft and helps track ill-gotten goods. Based loosely on bombardier beetles, which produce acid to spray attackers, the technique creates a defensive surface on an object (say, a cash box) using film layers filled with hydrogen peroxide and manganese dioxide. Break the surface and you trigger a reaction that covers everything nearby in hot foam -- by itself, enough to ruin the day of any would-be purloiner.

 

check out the full article at Engadget

Source Engadget

[Sharif]

I wonder if its running windows XP

(just a joke i saw in the comments )

[Akolyte]

Sounds cool, but not sure how it will go with false positives, the last thing you want is some innocent old lady getting out some money so she can get some groceries and hot foam sprays her and kills her.  

[Toxic Tom]

That sounds safe...

[steffen_anywhere]

That institute has too much funding. They also made a cube shaped robot that can roll, balance and what not using reaction wheels and a network of quadcopters that can do all kinds of crazy things such as collaboratively build new structures.

[brownninja97]

It gets up to 80oc thats pretty hot and could do first degree burns, awesome, the people that get hit by it deserve it.

[Askew]

OK if it is 100% free from risk of misactivation.

If not I wouldn't be OK with them spraying hot substances.

[NInety]

Tooth Fairy 3: Chemical Warfare

[jmaster299]

Sounds cool, but not sure how it will go with false positives, the last thing you want is some innocent old lady getting out some money so she can get some groceries and hot foam sprays her and kills her.  

Unless the little old lady is prying open the ATM with a crowbar, she won't have to worry about false positives. Try reading the article next time.

[Akolyte]

Unless the little old lady is prying open the ATM with a crowbar, she won't have to worry about false positives. Try reading the article next time.

I did. But most of the words are too big for me.

[ShiverMePenguins]

ATM thieves have a little departing treat for them

"Spoiler"

its a special chemical defence system

 

 

check out the full article at Engadget

Source Engadget

i should just become a thief. banks are so stupid with security.

[Razarza]

I wonder if its running windows XP

(just a joke i saw in the comments )

I doubt it, most likely still on 95 or 98.

[xjohnny3589]

whats stopping a thief from washing it off

[ItsComrade]

Why don't we just put a gun in the ATM? Just shoot the fuckers.

[KamiKatze]

The information is given very poorly. Where do they put that Mg and H2O2 layer onto? The cash box? How;s a thin layer of it gonna destroy all the bank note INSIDE the box? Or how does the guy, who transports the cash boxes know, how to not trigger the mechanism?

 

Also, why do we need something like this? Previous mechanisms would just spray the bank notes in a bright red color, which you can't wash off.

[Sharif]

The information is given very poorly. Where do they put that Mg and H2O2 layer onto? The cash box? How;s a thin layer of it gonna destroy all the bank note INSIDE the box? Or how does the guy, who transports the cash boxes know, how to not trigger the mechanism?

 

Also, why do we need something like this? Previous mechanisms would just spray the bank notes in a bright red color, which you can't wash off.

Good points