{"id":13089,"date":"2025-03-05T18:56:12","date_gmt":"2025-03-06T01:56:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/?p=13089"},"modified":"2025-01-01T19:07:48","modified_gmt":"2025-01-02T02:07:48","slug":"whats-inside-the-box","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/?p=13089","title":{"rendered":"What’s inside the box!?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Ahron Wayne succeeded at something he (and every kid in every convenience store or game shop) has been trying to accomplish for some time: figuring out\u00a0what\u2019s inside a sealed Pok\u00e9mon card packet without opening it<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

His method was a lot more…advanced that holding the package up to the light in every direction known to man. He bought a x-ray microCT scanner off eBay, refurbished and calibrated it, then putting a load of work into testing and trying countless scanning techniques and methods to determine what was in the packet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He even tried using AI to help determine the cards from the shadowy images he got.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Bonus points, he was able to detect counterfeit cards:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The article is worth a read and he made a video about it:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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