I recall hearing about this kind of thing some time ago, but that might have been a news story on the technique of laser-burning seeds to yield these messages because I don’t recall seeing it being actually sold before this. To be honest, the sale of these things isn’t what I find interesting. It’s the options available over on Compact Impact’s sales site (Link):

Custom Design of both Message and Can is included with the order of 5,000 or more in quantity.

Only 5,000 units? That’s pretty impressive. Maybe the good folks over on Inhabitat can get them to show images of the process.

via Inhabitat

{Image source: Compact Impact}