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When we shred documents, we do so to protect the information within, although completely incinerating the documents is probably a better bet, today, we do a ton of shredding it seems. Now then, what happens when the bad guys shred the evidence and we need to forensically go in and put all that back together - sounds tedious and yes, it is, but in the past our CIA, FBI and such has had to do just that, the hard way. So, is there an easy way?
There was an interesting article recently on MSNBC Online about another DARPA challenge, and this one is a rather fun and cool item, the titled of the article was: "DARPA offers $50,000 prize for reading shredded messages" by Alan Boyle published on October 29, 2011. The article stated;
DARPA's latest tech challenge is offering $50,000 for a task worthy of secret agents: piecing together messages that have been shredded into thousands of bits. DARPA put five ripped-up puzzles online for the Shredder Challenge. "The goal is to identify and assess potential capabilities that could be used by our warfighters operating in war zones, but might also create vulnerabilities to sensitive information that is protected through our own shredding practices throughout the U.S. national security community."
Okay so, this is rather intriguing, and interestingly enough, this may not be nearly as difficult as it may seem, let me explain how I'd tackle this simple challenge;
1. Scan all the pieces or shreds of paper at the micron scale, to see how each of the pieces, and edges were ripped apart.
2. Scan all of the pieces at the letter or individual character scale.
3. Match all the edges of the pieces by numerically numbering the exactness of the tears or cuts
4. Verify the re-assembly by using the letters to see if they make words and sentences.
Well, that's really simple isn't it, and there are those with super-human minds who can see such things without the use of scanners, and computers. Their minds see these patterns rather quickly, effortlessly, and that's just their minds work, so philosophically speaking another way would be to just simulate how their minds do this, and create an optical micro-scanner to see for them, or to work as they would observe such things.
Now then, once someone wins this easy challenge by DARPA, which I am certain will happen, then we can use the mathematics, pattern readers, and equations for other applications. What other applications you ask? Well, how about for:
A. Nano Manufacturing, self-repair and assembly
B. Human Skin re-attachment after surgery
C. Plate Tectonic Forensics
D. Plastic and Composite Welding for maximum strength
And really, just give a team of engineers, entrepreneurs, scientists of various industries a few minutes to come up with a dozen or so more. Indeed, I hope you will please consider all this.
Lance Winslow has launched a new provocative series of eBooks on Future Concepts. Lance Winslow is a retired Founder of a Nationwide Franchise Chain, and now runs the Online Think Tank; http://www.worldthinktank.net/
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