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Fingerprint matching techniques seed reform.(Criminology)(Critical essay)
Magazine article from: USA Today (Magazine); 6/1/2007; 450 words
; Fingerprint matches--key to fighting international terrorism and keeping criminals off...the University of California, Davis. He contends that the reliability of fingerprint identification has declined while the population of the world--and its fingerprints--has exploded. We can no longer naively assume the ...
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Finger Food.(fingerprint recognition in schools)(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Current Events, a Weekly Reader publication; 3/9/2001; 700+ words
; ...schools in Pennsylvania currently use fingerprint identification systems in their cafeterias...a Minnesota company, has installed fingerprint identification scanners and software...said that despite such advantages, fingerprint scanners in schools are technological...
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Mycobacterium tuberculosis transmission between cluster members with similar fingerprint patterns. (Tuberculosis Genotyping Network).
Magazine article from: Emerging Infectious Diseases; 11/1/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...isolates share identical IS6110-DNA fingerprint patterns. However, M. tuberculosis...have similar but not identical DNA fingerprint patterns (i.e., differing by a single...not been well documented. We used DNA fingerprinting, combined with conventional epidemiology...
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SAMSUNG PROTECTS LAPTOPS W/ TOUCHCHIP FINGERPRINT TECHNOLOGY.
Newspaper article from: PC Business Products; 1/1/2002; 537 words
; STMicroelectronics (NYSE: STM), a provider of silicon fingerprint sensors and biometric security technology...equipment contains an integrated TouchChip fingerprint sensor and is delivered with ST's Protector...industrialized of the new generation of silicon fingerprint sensors that are now bringing ...
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Hands-on science (no lab required).(fingerprint-lifting)
Magazine article from: Science World; 10/3/2005; 480 words
; ...experiment to learn how scientists lift fingerprints and match them with a person. PREDICT...different surfaces, you often leave fingerprints, or a stamp showing your fingertip...techniques to lift these prints. Which fingerprint-lifting technique do you think will...
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NEW NIST LATENT FINGERPRINT DATABASE RELEASED.(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Journal of Research of the National Institute of Standards and Technology; 9/1/2000; 259 words
; ...developed a new database of grayscale fingerprint images and corresponding minutiae data. NIST Special Database 27, Fingerprint Minutiae from Latent and Matching Tenprint Images, contains latent fingerprints from crime scenes and their matching...
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Touch and go: fingerprint readers mean better security--and no more tricky passwords.(Forward)
Magazine article from: Entrepreneur; 3/1/2005; ; 335 words
; ...combinations of letters and numbers. Fingerprint identification is making its way...can't afford to lose their data, fingerprint readers make more sense than password protection. The appearance of fingerprint readers in cell phones is the...
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Maryland judge rubs out fingerprint evidence.
Magazine article from: Trial; 2/1/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...judge ruled that testimony about latent fingerprint evidence was not admissible because...likened unquestioning confidence in fingerprint evidence to some people's stubborn belief...abandoned at a subway stop, they lifted fingerprints from it and sent them to the crime lab...
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NEW FINGERPRINT STANDARD APPROVED.(Statistical Data Included)
Magazine article from: Journal of Research of the National Institute of Standards and Technology; 5/1/2001; 308 words
; ...the Data Format for the Interchange of Fingerprint, Facial, & Scar Mark & Tattoo...units of measurement for the exchange of fingerprint, palmprint, facial, and SMT information...information, and compressed or uncompressed fingerprint, palmprint, facial, and SMT images...
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Occupational exposure to elemental constituents in fingerprint powders.
Magazine article from: Archives of Environmental Health; 3/1/1990; ; 700+ words
; ...Exposure to Elemental Constituents in Fingerprint Powders OVER THE YEARS many different approaches have been employed to develop fingerprints so they can be visualized and compared...these methods, powder development of fingerprints is the most commonly used in the field...
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