Fingerprint
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A new technique developed at Australia's CSIRO not only reveals fingerprints in cases when dusting won't, but makes them glow under UV light, enabling high resolution images to be easily captured for analysis.
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ScienceUsing a new technique, investigators could soon be better able to determine how many days ago fingerprints were left at a crime scene.
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Attempts to move beyond password authentication look to have just received a nice little boost, with interface-specialists Synaptics announcing the launch of its new Match-in-Sensor, billed as the first self-contained fingerprint matching device.
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ScienceA new fingerprint scanner that could find its way to our smartphones borrows from sophisticated medical equipment to deliver more accurate, 3D ultrasonic scanning.
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ScienceA collaborative team of researchers has developed a new, non-invasive test that's able to detect cocaine use in a patient by analyzing a single fingerprint. Unlike existing tests, the new technique is able to determine whether the subject has ingested the drug, rather than just touched it.
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The suitably-named Dr John Bond of the University of Leicester has devised a "magic" marker pen that to helps quickly determine whether a receipt potentially containing fingerprint deposits is made of thermal paper, with another device then used to reveal the presence of any fingerprints.
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Security-conscious smartphone users may decline apps' requests to "use your current location," but doing so still doesn't mean that those users can't be tracked. According to new research, this is because each phone's sensors have a unique "fingerprint."
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You might be familiar with password storage services like 1Password or LastPass. They beef up security by letting you create complex passwords that you'll never have to remember. Starting today, Galaxy S5 owners who use LastPass can now use their fingerprints to login to their password vaults.
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Sometime within the last few years, smartphones hit a wall. Make no mistake, they're still improving. But manufacturers are having to try a lot harder to make their phones stand out. Can Samsung's latest rise above the rest? Let Gizmag try to answer, as we review the new Galaxy S5.
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One of the big selling features of phones like the iPhone 5s is their ability to verify the identification of the user by scanning their fingerprint. While those phones use a built-in scanner to do the job, the new ICE Unlock app lets Android mobile devices do the same thing, but using their camera.
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Ever since Apple launched its fingerprint sensor, companies that make cases have been in a difficult position, as it's hard to keep water and dust out while allowing users access to the touch sensor. Lifeproof has brought its nüüd line of cases to the iPhone 5s with full support for Touch-ID.
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ScienceIf you regularly watch any police forensics TV shows, then the word "Luminol" is probably already part of your vocabulary. Now, however, you might also want to add the word "Lumicyano." That's the name of a new product that is said to reveal latent fingerprints better than other methods.
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