Now that they're in smartphones, fingerprint scanners seem to be everywhere, but what's really going on behind the scenes when they're scanned?

JASON: NOW ON SUNRISE. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT EVERYONE HAS WHICH SETS THEM APART FROM OTHERS IS A FINGERPRINT. MEREDITH: THEY CAN BE USED TO IDENTIFY PEOPLE, HELP US GRAB THINGS AND EVEN FOR ART ...

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Columbia engineers have built a new AI that shatters a long-held belief in forensics–that fingerprints from different fingers of the same person are unique. It turns out they are similar, only we’ve ...

Long before memory forms, the hands already carry a permanent signature that everyone carries around. Fingertips develop ...

An experimental new forensic spray allows latent fingerprints to be made visible in just 10 seconds, plus it doesn't require the use of any messy powders. What it does incorporate, however, is a ...

For more than a century, the police have relied on fingerprint evidence to catch and convict criminals. But some recent court cases have challenged the authority of fingerprint experts, and questioned ...

Security systems using biometrics - unique body measurements - are not secure and are relatively easy to override according to a computer science graduate. For his honours thesis Mr Chris Hill a ...

Even if someone's fingerprints are found on an incriminating document, that person may claim that they only handled the blank sheet of paper before the real criminal printed anything on it. A new ...