Fingerprinting is one of the mainstays of forensic science, but despite what we see on TV and in movies, analyzing and matching latent prints is a difficult business and still the province of experts.

Flagler County Sheriff’s Office CSI Supervisor Paulo Santos called it a “game-changer” – a new fingerprint machine that can pick up prints in a fraction of the time and record a 4K image to send ...

Fingerprint authentication systems are a widely trusted, ubiquitous form of biometric authentication, deployed on billions of smartphones and other devices worldwide. Yet a new study reveals a ...

Sep. 21—Utilizing one of the fingerprint scanning devices at the Pittsburg County Justice Center can sometimes be challenging. Ozzlyn Lightle at the Sheriff's Office handles the fingerprint scanning ...

Remember those nifty electronic fingerprinting machines that the NYPD debuted in September to fingerprint people on the scene of a crime? Probably not, because the cops usually flash that Men In Black ...

The old fingerprint scanner was broken, which would have cost the police department more than $20,000 to refurbish. The new fingerprint machine, which was purchased with drug seizure money, cost ...

Police Scotland said electronic fingerprint machines were being introduced to Lerwick in Shetland, Stornoway in the Western Isles and Kirkwall in Orkney. Custody centres in Invern ...

The National Thoroughbred Racing Association (NTRA) purchased a portable, digital fingerprint machine for the National Racing Compact (NRC) that will aid in streamlining and simplifying the licensing ...

Bacterial identification can take hours and often longer -- precious time when diagnosing infections and selecting appropriate treatments. There may be a quicker, more accurate process. By teaching a ...

Programmers tend to have their own distinct styles, but it's not really feasible to pore over many lines of code looking for telltale cues about a program's author. Now, that might not be necessary.