Concept

All the AURORA technologies will be developed having as main priority the preservation of both structural and material original properties of the considered cultural objects.

Chemical anticounterfeiting

AURORA will realize a nano-marker reading procedures challenging to replicate, founded on both peculiar chemical tag properties and on the encoded information

Artwork digital-ID

AURORA chemical marker, non-invasively applied onto the artwork surface, will be based on modern nanotechnologies to achieve a cost-effective and durable solutions for encoding the artwork-ID

Digital tool

The digital tool will compare the data read from the marker to the corresponding data, previously recorded in the blockchain based storage (permanently and immutably) by the museal authority owning the artwork

Artwork tracking

AURORA tracker aim is to make the relevant staff aware of any anomalous artwork’s movement. The communications between the tracker and the stakeholders will be tested through the AURORA digital tool, employing wireless hardware triggered by specifically defined logics

Methodology

AURORA protection, identification, and traceability innovation package is based on four main technological pillars