New cash box could give robbers sticky fingers

[Peter_]

New cash box could give robbers sticky fingers

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-11397415

Armed robbers could end up with sticky fingers after a security firm invented a cash box which fires exploding glue over the money when it is broken into.

[Gary L]

Bit of a weird story. they've invented a box that fires glue on its contents?

I wonder if someone has had the brainwave to invent one with built in GPS tracker, or one that fires some kind of chemical that dissolves the contents?

[Jon T]

Originally Posted by Gary L

Bit of a weird story. they've invented a box that fires glue on its contents?

Not really, paper money is just a receipt, a proof of ownership of a certain amount of money. The serial numbers of the notes being transported will be recorded, and all that will happen is that the glue affected notes will be deleted from the Treasury's records, and replaced with new notes.

When you "spend" paper money, you aren't exchanging money at all, your exchanging proof of ownership......"I promise to pay the bearer on demand the sum of".

[Taf]

How about one that dissolves the robber instead?

Originally Posted by Taf

How about one that dissolves the robber instead?

They tried that - after the first test, they couldn't find the inventor......

[colin25]

Originally Posted by Hugh

They tried that - after the first test, they couldn't find the inventor......

lol