This instrument, developed by Argonne lab researchers Roger Johnston and Jon Warner, can discern the quality of wines, allowing them to buy high-end wines with confidence. The Argonne National Laboratory has invented a new type of electronic bottle cap to detect the authenticity of the wine.
According to reports, the new bottle cap has a USB interface, and the customer or the auctioneer only needs to connect the other end of the data cable to the computer to detect the authenticity of the wine in the bottle.
Over the past few decades, many high-end vintage wines have been auctioned at very high prices, among which there are many fakes. Johnston said: “The biggest problem for buyers when buying wine at an auction is that they cannot ensure the authenticity of the wine without opening the bottle.†Based on the above issues, Johnston and his colleagues jointly developed a new type of anti-counterfeiting. Bottle caps.
The bottle cap has a complete, small circuit. If the bottle cap has ever been moved, it will trigger an electrical pulse and issue an alarm. The auctioneer or customer can connect the bottle cap to the laptop via the USB cable and check whether the bottle of wine has been opened. Each bottle cap has its own code and is registered. Beware of counterfeiters loading Agung caps onto fake Bordeaux or Burgundy wine bottles.