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A new pen-sized device called the Vistatector can spot counterfeit money by rubbing the bill under the presidential portrait. Lights and a tone signal whether the currency is real or fake. The pen, developed by the Israeli army, detects magnetic particles inserted by the U.S. Treasury.

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