Couldn't find much info googling for this, and this is an excellent place to ask
Can an (atmospheric) Ion detector detect li-ion batteries?

What I'm getting at is, there have been a number of thefts reported to our Sales company about laptop theft, most cases people had lots of other things in their vehicles however they were left untouched, cash, cd's etc only the laptop taken..
In one case a builder had a Ute with the notebook hidden beneath tools and gear etc, the thief had to move all the heavy tools and gear to get to the laptop bag.. That's all that was taken and the thousands of dollars worth of tools left!...

So my theory is are these thief's using some kind of ion detector?
Is that even possible?
If so what material could block leaking ion gases or even the detector?
My idea would be to create a laptop bag with this material

or if the laptop is in standby and has bluetooth, the bluetooth may be active...some theft cases where this happened

I'd be more concerned about the possibility that the sales staff is simply pawning them.

In that case he doesn't need an Ion detector. He needs what I thought of as soon as I started reading the original message. A bullshit detector.

Bruno

Seems to me that a few decoy bags with banknote bombs inside would do wonders for would be theives complexion.

Ha, the newest cell phone anti-theft idea. Add a remotly triggered dye sprayer to the earpiece. Then convince the phone to be affectionate with the next user.

heh, sorry should've have made it more clear, I mean customers coming in to purchase new/replacement notebooks due to theft from the car, and reporting to sales staff about the theft, who notify the service company of the serial number of the machine, incase theif comes in wanting items like replacement power adapters etc....