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  • September 2008

    • Tech Helps Prints Tell More of the Story

      Boston Globe  |  Sep 29, 08 3:24 PM CDT

      Tech Helps Prints Tell More of the Story

      (Newser) - Advances in fingerprint technology are making the century-old forensic tool even more vital, the Boston Globe reports. Scientists have developed methods that can not only detect traces of food or chemicals in prints, but also single out targets at a confused crime scene. “We're using fingerprints to learn more about the individual, not just make an identification,” a scientist said. More »

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      crime  • technology  • police  • DNA  • fingerprinting  • forensic science  • fingerprint

  • August 2008

    • Fingerprint Test Can Now ID What Person Has Touched

      New York Times  |  Aug 8, 08 2:35 AM CDT

      Fingerprint Test Can Now ID What Person Has Touched

      (Newser) - Cutting-edge technology now means fingerprints can reveal much more than just a person's identity, the New York Times reports. A spray developed by US researchers can analyze tiny molecular compounds left behind by the print and tell what materials a person has recently handled—including drugs or explosives. It can also separate one print from many overlapping ones. More »

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      technology  • fingerprinting  • forensic science  • forensics  • fingerprint

  • July 2008

    • B-Schools Use Palm Scans to Catch Cheats

      Wall Street Journal  |  Jul 22, 08 1:58 PM CDT

      B-Schools Use Palm Scans to Catch Cheats

      (Newser) - In an effort to foil cheaters, top American business schools will require a high-tech identity check of applicants taking the standardized admissions test, reports the Wall Street Journal . The crackdown on the use of paid impostors will require GMAT takers to undergo a "palm vein" scan, which is unique to each individual. More »

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      cheating  • fingerprinting  • business school  • GMAT

    • EU Blasts Italy Over Gypsy Fingerprinting

      Associated Press  |  Jul 10, 08 1:00 PM CDT

      EU Blasts Italy Over Gypsy Fingerprinting

      (Newser) - Italy’s mandatory fingerprinting of its Gypsy minority is "an act of discrimination based on race and ethnic origin" and should be stopped, the European Parliament said in a resolution passed today. The assembly voted 336-220, with 77 abstentions, to condemn the practice—though the resolution is not binding, the AP notes. Italy continues to defend the program as a necessary measure to fight street crime. More »

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      Italy  • homeland security  • fingerprinting  • European Parliament  • Gypsy  • Roma people

    • Italy Plan to Fingerprint Gypsies Under Fire

      Associated Press  |  Jul 3, 08 12:31 PM CDT

      Italy Plan to Fingerprint Gypsies Under Fire

      (Newser) - Italy has begun taking fingerprints from members of its Gypsy minority, in what the government calls a “census” of the people living in nomad encampments. The plans to document adults and children lacking an EU passport has brought condemnations from critics, who charge that “census” is the Berlusconi government’s euphemism for a racist practice, the BBC reports. More »

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      Italy  • fingerprinting  • government spying  • minority  • Gypsy  • Roma people

  • December 2007

    • FBI Plans Huge Biometric Index

      Washington Post  |  Dec 22, 07 12:29 PM CST

      FBI Plans Huge Biometric Index

      (Newser) - The FBI is planning a $1 billion database of “biometric” information—face shapes, iris scans, palm patterns, and even gait patterns—to enhance investigations, the Washington Post reports. Critics fear that the plan, called Next Generation Identification, will further erode individual privacy as the body becomes a de facto identification card: "It's enabling the Always On Surveillance Society,” said an ACLU director. More »

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      FBI  • privacy  • Berlin  • law enforcement  • identity card  • fingerprinting  • Big Brother  • biometrics

  • April 2007

    • Thumb Prints Produce Cash in Rural India

      BBC  |  Apr 3, 07 11:22 AM CDT

      Thumb Prints Produce Cash in Rural India

      (Newser) - Payday in rural India now comes with the scan of a fingerprint: Brand new biometric cash machines are letting illiterate laborers collect their meager wages hassle-free. Account holders are issued an ATM card bearing their thumb print information; when they withdraw money, they follow voice commands to retrieve their wages.  More »

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      India  • technology  • labor  • employment  • fingerprinting  • biometrics

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