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• 17.09.17

  Mobile Biometric Tech Allows Cops to Catch OH Fugitive

  The Madison, OH police department used special technology to arrest one of the most-wanted fugitives in the state. The method, known as Morpholdent, allowed officers to fingerprint the suspect, whose DOB and age did not match up, to determine that he was a high-profile rape suspect. Morpholdent is a mobile […]

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• 03.08.17

  Floating Fingerprinting Locations Help Italy Process Migrants

    Because it is the second most popular destination for immigrants entering Europe, Italy is planning to introduce fingerprinting “hotspots” as soon as migrants reach rescue boats in the Mediterranean. These floating fingerprint centers will help more efficiently process the thousands of immigrants coming into the country, most of whom […]

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• 16.07.17

  Parents of Immigrant Children to be Fingerprinted by ICE

  United States Immigration and Customs is planning to fingerprint the parents claiming immigrant children who enter the country illegally. 31,000 of these parents were found claiming children in 2014 and 2015, all coming from Honduras, Guatemala, and El Salvador, and at the same time about 28,000 unaccompanied minors were found […]

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• 15.06.17

  Fingerprint Identification May Prevent Wildlife Crime

  Korean artist Jazoo Yang protests forcible demolition in vulnerable areas of Motogol where inhabitants are being displaced by new real estate, and she uses fingerprints to demonstrate this. Yang speaks out against the disenfranchisement of, brutality towards, and exploitation of the poor natives by covering a soon-to-be demolished house in […]

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• 28.05.17

  The Story of How Identical Inmates Sparked the Use of Fingerprinting

    The roots of fingerprinting trace back to a case in Kansas in 1903, when Clerk M.W. McClaughtry of a local penitentiary was puzzled upon processing an inmate that he had seemingly already admitted years before. The new inmate, Will West, looked just like an inmate convicted of murder in […]

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• 30.04.17

  Judge Signs Off on Fingerprint Unlock During Investigation

  In the investigation of the girlfriend of an Armenian gang member in California, a new problem faced police in getting information from her: they could not unlock her iPhone with the fingerprinting sensor. A judge in the county signed off that the investigators could force the suspect to press her […]

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• 08.02.17

  Fingerprint Test Reveals What You Have Touched

  Professors of Chemistry at Purdue University have discovered a fingerprint test that can identify what you’ve been touching, whether it be your pet, food, illicit substances, or explosives.  One can get fingerprinted and figure out what they’ve touched which has medical and criminal applications. The test involves spraying electrically charged […]

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• 06.01.17

  Why We Have Different Fingerprints

  It’s common knowledge that everyone has a unique fingerprint—even identical twins do.  But why is this the case? Because fingerprints are formed during fetal development, they are greatly affected by subtle mechanical forces that the fetus experiences in the uterus.  While the fingerprints of identical twins do exhibit a great […]

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