DataDot Technology - Origin of DataDots


			Single inscribed "microdots" were originally developed by the United States military in the 1940s to covertly “tag” or identify items. It also became obvious the tiny plastic discs would be useful for espionage – for the grain-size message carriers were very easy to conceal and transport. It was then not until the early 1990s, with the advent of laser etching, that microdots became a commercially feasible product. A U.S. engineer was the first to develop a low-cost process on to inscribe information on to thousands of microdots in a short period of time.
	The first application of these new microdots was in the casino industry. Thousands of fake casino chips are manufactured and gambled through casinos worldwide, but in 1995 authentic chips were permanently marked with microdots, making it obvious which chips were the fakes. The U.S. manufacturer of microdots was bought by Australian interests to form DataDot Technology Ltd (DDT). The company has since grown, and has grown to become a global leader in identification technologies. Today, DDT is protecting personal and commercial assets in 21 countries, across a variety of industries and products. DDT has also developed a new revolutionary spray process, which means thousands of can be applied to larger assets in a matter of seconds. For example, up to 10,000 can be applied to a car on the assembly line in less than 60 seconds To add to the success of , there are now three new identification technologies – , and .