Fingerprint (disambiguation)
hideA fingerprint is a mark made by the pattern of ridges on the pad of a human finger. The term has been extended by metaphor to anything that can uniquely distinguish a person or object from another, including:
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News tagged with fingerprints
Handheld Touch Screen Device May Lead to Mobile Fingerprint ID
Dec 16, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The Federal Bureau of Investigation Hostage Rescue Team had a problem -- they needed a small, portable tool to identify fingerprints and faces, but couldn't get anyone interested in building ...
Video fingerprinting offers search solution
Technology / Computer Sciences
Nov 09, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The explosive growth of video on the internet calls for new ways of sorting and searching audiovisual content. A team of European researchers has developed a groundbreaking solution that is ...
Disappearing vowels 'caught' on tape in US midwest
Oct 26, 2009 |
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Try to pronounce the words "caught" and "cot." If you're a New Yorker by birth, the two words will sound as different as their spellings. But if you grew up in California, you probably pronounce them identically.
Fingerprint technology beats world's toughest tests... including 100s of builders' thumbs
Oct 26, 2009 |
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Technology developed by the University of Warwick that can identify partial, distorted, scratched, smudged, or otherwise warped fingerprints in just a few seconds has just scored top marks in the world's two ...
Tracking down the human 'odorprint'
Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry
Oct 14, 2009 |
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Each of the 6.7 billion people on Earth has a signature body odor -- the chemical counterpart to fingerprints -- and scientists are tracking down those odiferous arches, loops, and whorls in the "human odorprint" for purposes ...
FBI delves into DMV photos in search for fugitives
Oct 13, 2009 |
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(AP) -- In its search for fugitives, the FBI has begun using facial-recognition technology on millions of motorists, comparing driver's license photos with pictures of convicts in a high-tech analysis of ...
YouTube pacts heighten copyright vigilance
Oct 07, 2009 |
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YouTube on Wednesday said it will be able to quickly track snippets from live television shows thanks to new partnerships with three broadcast video delivery specialty firms.
Room's Ambience Fingerprinted By Phone
Sep 24, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Your smart phone may soon be able to know not only that you're at the mall, but whether you're in the jewelry store or the shoe store.
An inner 'fingerprint' for personalizing medical care
Jul 22, 2009 |
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Fingerprints move over. Scientists are reporting evidence that people have another defining trait that may distinguish each of the 6.7 billion humans on Earth from one another almost as surely as the arches, ...
New Advance in Revolutionary 'Bullet Fingerprinting' Technique
Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry
Jul 12, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- 'Bullet fingerprinting' technology developed at the University of Leicester in collaboration with Northamptonshire Police is now being advanced in new ways.
Firm providing US airport 'fast lanes' shuts down
Jun 23, 2009 |
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Clear, a company which pre-screened travellers and issued high-tech cards allowing them to whisk through security lines at US airports, is going out of business.
Fingerprints do not improve grip friction
Jun 12, 2009 |
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Fingerprints mark us out as individuals and leave telltale signs of our presence on every object that we touch, but what are fingerprints really for? According to Roland Ennos, from the University of Manchester, ...
Review: New Intel chips power skinny laptops
Jun 11, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Tiny, cheap laptops known as netbooks have been a big success. But not everyone likes their small screens and keyboards, and their processors aren't powerful enough for some common tasks, like playing ...
Scholar unconvinced new lie-detection methods better than old ones
Jun 02, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- When a crime has been committed, the usual modus operandi for police detectives and their fictional counterparts has been to dust the scene for fingerprints. And once they have a suspect in ...
Get a grip! Blistering new evidence on why we have fingerprints
May 29, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Fingerprints do not help primates grip, as previously thought, scientists have discovered. They actually reduce the friction needed to hold onto flat surfaces. Now Dr Roland Ennos and his ...
