technology to anti-counterfeiting
928564
The was no surprise in the narrative of pharmaceutical anti-counterfeiting as a problem.  The surprising part is how much different technology exists in creating a drug in the process through the supply chain to make it harder to counterfeit.  The book is not aimed at the general laymen but rather as a reference for pharmaceutical manufacturers or buyers the tools and technology that would make anti-counterfeiting more effective.  An interesting read for the interested layman though.
486191
It's fun to see all this technology that was once "cutting edge" but has long been surpassed by pocket-sized (and smaller!) equipment. A number of the items are mislabeled, though - I dropped a note to the publisher, which they acknowledged, but since they don't expect another print run it won't get updated.
4932008
This item is counterfeit, attempting to look like a specific, well known brand name. It doesn't work as it should. If you're actually able to write anything to it, errors will prevent you from getting anything back. Also, it's not a 128GB card... It's a poor attempt at an 8GB card with 128 written on it.
2415085
Well written, fascinating history of finance in America with a focus on a cast of creative moneymaking deviants and the political, social, and economic circumstances which fueled their criminal activity. Highlighting infamous counterfeiters that captured the public imagination in their respective times and places, the author embeds each engaging if brief biographical tale of deviant moneymaking within the larger context of early colonial and postcolonial American economic development that enabled the practice of counterfeiting and shaped its relative rise and fall. Readers will be challenged to rethink the nature of banking, money, credit, and currency in the past and present. In the early 21st century, the rise of credit cards and the explosion of their use via E-commerce has helped another generation of counterfeiters make the front page of newspapers and the lead story on the nightly news. Mid 19th century, after the American Civil War, the Federal government reduced the weight of counterfeiters in the American economy through the centralization of the supply of money and aggressive currency policing. Now as financial globalization accelerates, protecting legitimate electronic money and credit from global deviants requires increasingly expensive technologies of cybersecurity to combat highly skilled and decentralized networks of counterfeiting criminal hackers operating across national borders. Perhaps the author will write an equally worthy sequel, Cyber-Counterfeiting Paradise  2.0.
408763
This book focuses on image acquisition and signal processing in digital still cameras (DSC's). From the perspective of the flow of image information, a DSC consists of imaging optics, an image sensor, and a signal processing block that receives a signal from the image sensor and generates digital data that is eventually compressed andstored on a memory device in the DSC.

Chapters one and two are at a rather high level and introductory. However, in chapter 3 the book gets much more specific. Chapter 3 discusses the functions and performance parameters common to CCD and CMOS image sensors. Chapter 4 describes in detail the CCD image sensors widely used in imaging applications.  The chapter ranges from a discussion of basic CCD operating principles to descriptions of CCDimage sensors specifically designed for DSC applications. Chapter 5 discusses CMOS image sensor technology. Chapter 6, the final chapter focusing on sensors, describes methods for evaluating image sensor performances relative to DSC requirements.

Chapter 7 shifts gears and begins the discussing of image processing algorithms. The discussion begins with color theory and its application to DSCs. Chapter 8 presents the algorithms utilized by DSC's in both hardware and software. Basic image processing and camera control algorithms are shown along with some image processing examples. Chapter 9 discusses the performance parameters for DSCs and digital video cameras followed by descriptions of the architectures of signal processing engines. Examples of the analog front-end and the digital back-end designs are introduced. Chapter 10 shows how each component previously described affects image quality. The final chapter discusses future DSC image sensors and explores a new paradigm for image sensors.

The reader should have an electrical engineering background since there are quite a few circuit diagrams shown involving transistors, and it is hard to follow the discussion if you are not already aware of their theory of operation. It is a very good book for its target audience, but students with pure computer science backgrounds who are coming to this looking for just the mathematics or algorithms of image processing may found themselves lost in the discussions involving pn junctions, which are numerous.
3565668
Not silicon or some type of plastic.  Basically cardboard with a liner in it to deflect detection.  I don't know how long it's going to last, but I'm hoping it protects the credit cards from electronic scanning.
728396
Outstanding product. Completely satisfied at how well this product works. I use it work to verify various counterfeit documents and identification. Great magnification.
1052340
I bought one of these "EasyN" IR IP PTZ security cameras, but got a generic no-name Chinese knock-off in a plain white box. (No product branding). The entire thing, other than the casing (which is mass produced by the thousands in China) is made of plastic, even the motors and drive gears. It won't tilt upward past 75-80 degrees, which means if you decide to use it, you'll have to mount it on a pole 25 feet high to be able to see anything higher than your knees.

All genuine EasyN OUTDOOR SECURITY CAMERAS are 12 VOLT-1 AMP. Not the .5 (1/2) Volt 2 amp power supply. Look closely at the product photos and you'll see the .5V on the power connection. (Unless the seller removes that particular photo after reading this).

I have bought and returned 5 Security cameras that were advertised and being sold as Name brand security cameras, but received product substitution or counterfeit cameras. I have done tons of research recently and am astounded that so many sellers are deceiving the buying public.
3161760
Despite some of the paranoiac reviews about this being a good counterfeit, I can find no evidence that this is not a genuine OEM Samsung stylus. I purchased this as a replacement for the stylus that came with my Note 4, which I managed to break in a freak accident. The new stylus came in a Samsung case and included a tip replacement tool and extra nibs, shrink wrapped in plastic. The Samsung warranty leaflet was also included. (I suppose the box and everything else could be a replica, but if it is, they did a great job). Examining this new stylus in comparison to the broken pieces of my original stylus, it is identical. Even looking with a magnifying glass, I could see no differences.  As to the fit in the phone, it is snug and the same as the original pen. I haven't felt any difference in how it slides in or out of the holder. Lastly, my phone recognized it immediately and the functionality is identical.  Perhaps earlier suppliers - not Amazon - were providing counterfeit items that were fulfilled by Amazon? I only know that the one I received, which listed as sold directly by Amazon, appears to be an authentic Samsung stylus. I ordered it from Amazon because they were out of stock on the Samsung site (and in fact, the site directed me to Amazon).
1260985
First of all, what a great price for futuristic-sounding technology.  The fingerprint-scan works great, and for those hard-to-reach places, comes with an extension cord.  In case you don't like scan your finger or you have a job where for some reason your hands are prepetually dirty, it has backup plain old password protect.

WARNING--if, for some reason, you are working on a computer w/out administrator privilages, you might have some problems.  Probably everyone has had an experience where they had to "install new hardware" then restart the first time you plug a new flash drive in.  if you can't install hardware, you will have to use the public sector, which is another great idea.  You can repartition your flash drive to have different amounts of allocated memory for private and public files.  I can't, for some reason, access anything I have done at school at home, and vice versa.  Hmmm.  Still, amazing technology. Recommended.
4389666
I went through the "User Review" section before making my purchase of 2 faux cameras and was glad I did.  I learned from several commenters that "real" security cameras rarely have red lights.  Thus, I won't put batteries in my imitation cameras.  I learned that persons who may watch my cameras will be able to tell they are imitation by seeing that the "lens" inside does not move.  I followed the suggestion of 1 commenter, removed the plastic globes, and spray painted the interiors black.  Finally, I filed off the label.  It doesn't take a very sophisticated thief to Google "UniqueExceptional" to find out that they sell imitation security cameras.  I replaced the label with a copy of a "Loftek" label as the imitation does look a lot like the genuine security cameras made by that company.  The bottom line: I believe these imitation cameras sell for a reasonable price, look good, and, after making a few changes, will do the job for me.
765892
This, hands down is a great protective cover for the iPad 2 (which I've had since 2011).  It's saved my iPad from several falls.  Unfortunately, the last fall finally broke the plastic clam shell interior.  It still fit the iPad, amazingly, but the protective utility had fallen.  I finally decided to buy a new one.

When it arrived I had difficulty putting it on.  The plastic clam shell wouldn't "click" closed, it felt like the iPad was too thick for it.  When I finally fought the silicone cover on I noticed that the clear plastic cover had a lot of room on one side making interacting with the screen very difficult.

I went online and tried to find a solution.  What I found was there are a LOT of counterfeits out there.  I finally found an comment ON AMAZON'S OWN SITE with an email from the manufacturer detailing how to spot the counterfeits.  I compared my box and found, yes, I had one of the bad ones.

I'm returning it now and am very disappointed with Amazon's QC.

But it's STILL a VERY GOOD product; if it's authentic.
881299
Don't be fooled by imitations! This image was stolen from an independent designer who is being ripped off by these large import companies that steal their designs from the internet and sell cheap copies. Very often, the quality of the product is sub-par and most of the time the actual printing is blurry because the image was a low resolution image lifted from the internet. By purchasing from companies like this you are supporting corporate greed and putting small businesses in jeopardy!
4067446
I love this item! Very hi-tech James Bond-like technology. This item looks so much like a clothes hook that noone would ever suspect that it is a clothes hook camera!

This items frame rate is 30Ftp with a video format of AVI. It supports TF card up to 16 G. The battery inside is 320 mah. This items work time is about 2 hours.

Clothes Hook Camera Features:
1. Camera
2. Reset Hole
3. Status Indicator
4. Video Start/Stop Button
5. Micro SD Card Slot
6. Mini USB Cable Port
7. On/Off  Button

The device  can be charged by connecting it using the included USB cord to your computer or an AC outlet using an adapter. The light will blink green when it is charging and will be a steady green when it is fully charged. When you use this product for the first time, it takes around 12 hours to charge it. After the first use it will take around 2 or 3 hours to fully charge.

Make sure to install the Clothes Hook Camera, atleast 5 feet above from the ground, for the product to be able to capture the footage that you need. The picture quality is average for the price.

The item is made of a hard plastic material. If it fell on the floor and someone accidentally stepped on it, I am sure it would break. It does come with a 1 year warranty, just in case one of those "odd" occasions happen.

The instruction manual is pretty good. It gives you a step by step way of how to operate the clothes hook camera. It is straight and to the point.

Package Contents:
1 x Clothes Hook Camera
1 x USB Charging Cable
1 x Mounting Bracket
2 x Mounting Screws
2 x Double-sided Tape Strips
1 x User Manual

Warranty:
1 year warranty.

This hidden camera was provided to me for testing and reviewing purposes.
700044
Microsoft makes fantastic mice. I have a wired Microsoft mouse on each of my Linux workstations.

As observed in other reviews, this mouse is small, which I like. Build quality is generally excellent, although the silkscreened Microsoft logo at the rear is beginning to rub off after a year of heavy use. I've heard it mentioned that there are counterfeit Microsoft peripherals, and because this mouse has no label on the bottom and is so inexpensive, I went looking for the USB VID and PID to see if they belonged to Microsoft. They do, as we'll see.

This is the output from usb-devices on Linux (kernel 4.3.0):

T:  Bus=02 Lev=01 Prnt=01 Port=01 Cnt=02 Dev#=  3 Spd=1.5 MxCh= 0
D:  Ver= 2.00 Cls=00(>ifc ) Sub=00 Prot=00 MxPS= 8 #Cfgs=  1
P:  Vendor=045e ProdID=0797 Rev=02.00
S:  Product=USB Optical Mouse
C:  #Ifs= 1 Cfg#= 1 Atr=a0 MxPwr=98mA
I:  If#= 0 Alt= 0 #EPs= 1 Cls=03(HID  ) Sub=01 Prot=02 Driver=usbhid

"USB Optical Mouse" isn't at all reassuring! However, when we look up Vendor ID 045e we find Microsoft Corp, and when we look up Product ID 0797 we find 'Optical Mouse 200', which matches exactly. So if it's counterfeit, it certainly has the correct USB VID and PID...
1017544
This is the best way to CYA if you love any of your valuable electronics. For less than 20 bucks, I am protecting around $3000+ worth of stuff--my TV, Macbook, and Xbox are all connected. It has the USB port to use for my phone too. No complaints to report. A+
1069501
Counterfeit
Real luminara on the right
Counterfeit on the left