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Using DNA To Protect Your Valuables

CSI for your wine cellar? Well, sort of. Wine Spectator reports that Applied DNA Sciences has created a DNA-based system, called SigNature that embeds a customized botanical DNA segment into the ink on a wine bottle cork or a label. The SigNature could not be removed and therefore acts as an encrypted identification system that could help identify bottles belonging to a collector if they are stolen. It could also help verify the authenticity of bottles that are later sold at auction. The service costs about $16 per bottle to prepare and apply a marker for a 5,000- to 10,000-bottle collection, including authentication certificate and scanner but the price drops for producers who want to brand a whole vintage. The SigNature has a variety of applications including the protection of artwork by embedding a DNA signature in a certificate, receipt or sticker.

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The Bugatti Safe

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Gadgets

If Santa has decided that you were very, very good and gifted you with a Bugatti Veyron, here's the ultimate place to store the keys. Stockinger Safes has come out with the Bugatti Safe. The "Safe Bugatti" offers nearly 3 cubic feet of space and is around four feet tall. veloped to coincide with the launch of Bugatti’s long-awaited 16.4 Veyron, the "Safe Bugatti" features sleek luxury in design and polished perfection in technology. The safe meets requirements for the VDS Class V Certificate of Approval of components and systems used in fire protection and security technology to hold valuables up to 650,000 euros. Upgrades include a seismic detector, an intruder detector, a noise detector, environmental protection, floor anchoring with a breakaway alarm or GPS signal and integration into an intruder or burglar alarm system. Entry is through automated digital entry and the safe includes drawers lined with Bugatti leather, a drawer with a watchwinder for two watches, and LED interior lighting.

[via Foursprung]

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Tags: bugatti, safe, stockinger, valuables