16th October 2006, 12:59 PM
Aye, the gizmo (don't know what it is called) is the same as that used to mark use-by-dates on eggs, and to label parts for things like airplanes and so on.
I know of some groups that have investigated it, and apparently it works well for pretty much the gambit of material types, and can mark small fragments as well as larger pieces. Don't think anyone has used it for an archive as yet, but may be mistaken on that. I do know that at least one small test run was carried out sucessfully.
A goggle search might tell you what the technology is called...
Cheers
ML
I know of some groups that have investigated it, and apparently it works well for pretty much the gambit of material types, and can mark small fragments as well as larger pieces. Don't think anyone has used it for an archive as yet, but may be mistaken on that. I do know that at least one small test run was carried out sucessfully.
A goggle search might tell you what the technology is called...
Cheers
ML