The Sounds From A 3D Printer Might Allow A Design To Be Pirated

Sounds Emitted by 3D Printers Could Put Intellectual Property at Risk (+Video)

Kira [www.3ders.org] | March 2, 2016

A new study from the University of California, Irvine, has revealed the surprising fact that the sounds emitted from a 3D printer could be enough to compromise valuable intellectual property, allowing cyber attackers to reverse-engineer and re-create 3D printed objects based off of nothing more than a smartphone audio recording.

Source: http://aicps.eng.uci.edu/research.htm

<more at http://www.3ders.org/articles/20160302-sounds-emitted-by-3d-printers-could-put-intellectual-property-at-risk.html; related links and articles: https://news.uci.edu/research/bad-vibrations-uci-researchers-find-security-breach-in-3-d-printing-process/ (Bad vibrations: UCI researchers find security breach in 3-D printing process. March 2, 2016) and http://aicps.eng.uci.edu/research.htm (+Video) (A short video presentation on our current work on Manufacturing Security (3D-printer - a cyber-physical system. January 20, 2016)>