New fingerprinting technology, such as a sharper identification system, can aid police in solving criminal cases. The FBI fingerprinting department has started to utilize a Next Generational Identification System, which has a 99.6% accuracy rate for matching fingerprints, an improvement […]
We all know that we have lots of bacteria on our bodies, but did you know that each of us has a unique bacterial “signature?” Scientists at the University of Colorado Boulder have created a technique which matches the personal […]
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has developed new equipment that can compare the fingerprints of illegal immigrants against the FBI’s finger print database and produce results in a much shorter time frame than before. A month after the IAFIS was established […]
In 2011, China modified the Resident Identity Card law to require their citizens to register their fingerprints. The aim of this legislation is two-fold: to introduce a faster and more reliable manner of identification, and to reduce the counterfeiting and […]