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• 08.03.16

  The Next Generation of Identification Systems

  The FBI is currently working on a new identification system, called Next Generation Identification, which will be bigger, better, and faster than IAFIS.  Next Generation will have a larger storage capacity than IAFIS, and it will be able to hold fingerprint data as well as multimodal biometric data.  This additional […]

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• 02.02.16

  New Fingerprint Technologies Can Help Solve Criminal Cases

  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 over the 92% rate of older technologies. With the development […]

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• 22.01.16

  Bacterial Fingerprints: A New Form of ID

  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 bacteria on an individual’s fingers with the bacteria deposited from […]

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• 12.01.16

  US Customs Uses Fingerprint Matching to Capture Illegal Immigrants

  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 136 border patrol stations, Commissioner Robert C. Bonner praised […]

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• 08.05.15

  Xinhua: China to Fingerprint Citizens

  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 altercation of IDs.  Finger-collecting expenses will not increase ID application […]

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• 07.05.15

  Georiga Amusement Parks Begin to Use Atlanta Fingerprinting Technology

  The popular, Georgia amusement park Six Flags has began to implement a new feature at its parks for season pass holders – fingerprint scanning identification in Atlanta. The process uses digital fingerprinting rather than ink fingerprinting. Season pass holders therefore have to scan their membership card and their finger each […]

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• 07.05.15

  TSA Fingerprinting – Do you have to worry about providing your fingerprints?

  The Transportation Security Administration has created a new Pre-Check program that any American citizen can apply for. This program allows for expedited airport screening such as that found at Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport in Atlanta, Georgia, and the application requires only your biographical information, finger prints, and an $85 fee. […]

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• 06.05.15

  Fingerprinting Technology Helps Solve 30-Year-Old Murder

  When all the leads in a crime investigation seem to point nowhere, the trail is said to have gone cold and the case is deemed a “cold case.”  In recent years, thanks to different technologies, many cold cases are now being reopened, and justice is being served to the perpetrators […]

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