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Fingerprints to Determine Drug Use, Sex, Other Identifiers

Fingerprint Molecular Identification is a new forensic method that will help law enforcement determine a person’s drug use, smoking habits, gender, and even if they have touched explosives, just from a fingerprint. Producing clearer results than other fingerprinting methods, molecular […]

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Mobile Banking with Selfies, Fingerprints, and Voice Technology

  With the increasing popularity of authentication technologies, big banks are developing creative ways for customers to access their mobile accounts and perform functions. MasterCard is introducing the ability for customers to verify their mobile account services by taking a […]

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Glow in the Dark Fingerprints Makes Precise Identification Possible

A new identification technique for crime scenes, developed by an Australian scientist, uses a liquid with crystals to make fingerprints glow. When a drop of the liquid is added to a surface, and a UV light shines on it, there […]

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Contactless Fingerprint Scanner Gains FBI Certification

MorphoWave Desktop fingerprint scanner, designed by French company Morpho, is contactless and produces high-quality images on par with traditional contact fingerprinting scanners. With the wave of a hand, the MorphoWave can identify and store four fingerprints from either hand. Certified […]

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Europe to Fingerprint and Photograph Foreign Visitors

To stop terrorism and improve security, in 2020 European countries will fingerprint and photograph all visitors without EU passports. The data collected, including four fingerprints and a facial photograph from each, will be stored for five years in a centralized […]

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