French Group Anipo Launches GPS Microchip Project To Music Instrument Trafficking

Almost everything is trackable nowadays.  Not just the package that one is expecting or have sent out, or a person or an adorable pet, but as well as musical instruments and their accessories.  Thanks to a French-based group called Anipo, they want to put a stop against reselling stolen musical goods.

The group has recently launched a GPS project that can be installed on any musical instrument,  even to the smallest accessories, like bows.  The GPS device merely measures 5 mm in diameter, 0.4 mm thick and weighs less than 0.1 grams, The Violin Channel shared.

Owners would then have to glue these microchips to the most inert and inaccessible part possible to avoid extraction.  Once placed, owners will then have to use their smartphones to scan and record their precious possessions and store it on Anipo's system for future use.

Once an instrument or accessory is stolen or lost, it will become "trackable via the Anipo international community," said Cyrille Gerstenhaber, the company's creator. Gerstenhaber added, "Anipo proposes to help musicians fight against the trafficking and resale of stolen instruments via a simple electronic identification process."

The project will also allow instrument dealers and buyers to be aware if the musical instrument they have is coming from the real owner or not, through the GPS microchip installed.  Just like the musical instruments and audio equipment stolen from Soul's Harbor Community Church in Melbourne, Brevard County, Florida, as reported by Space Coast Daily.

Pastor Dale Rhodes was saddened when he came on Sunday morning, just before the church service and noticed a hole that the burglars had created on the wall.  It was already the third burglary incident that happened to the church.

Some of the stolen good were recovered by the police just behind the church, but many were lost forever.  This could have been fully recovered if there are chips installed on the church's lost possession.   

Anipo is currently charging €10 (US $10.65) for each GPS microchip and includes access to its network.   Watch some of the world's most expensive musical instruments known to man:

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