Arthur Minasy (1925 – 9 May 1994) was an American inventor. His most famous invention was in 1966, when he invented
surveillance tags that could be attached to items in stores to prevent shoplifting.
The tag is removed by a
cashier
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once it has been paid for. If the tag is not removed, an
alarm
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is set off when the person leaves the store.
Following the success of this, Minasy set up his own
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company, The Knogo Corporation, which has produced numerous other security related items.
Education
Minasy graduated from
New York University
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with an engineering degree in 1949 and a master's degree in industrial engineering in 1952.
See also
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Shop lifting
References
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*Rachel Shteir's book The Steal, includes quite a few pages about Arthur John Minasy in chapter 3, pages 45–49.
*https://web.archive.org/web/20160304043207/http://www.buckens.com/Knogo/minasyen.htm is an obit for Arthur Minasy
1925 births
1994 deaths
Polytechnic Institute of New York University alumni
20th-century American engineers
American inventors
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