Comment Frickin' Laser Beams (Score -1) 309
This must mean we're pretty close to having sharks with frickin' laser beams attached to their frickin' heads...
Comment Really? (Score 0) 185
Who is 'the nation'? This is pretty sloppy journalism for a World-wide read news service...
Researchers Lift Fingerprints From Clothing 40
cylonlover writes "Refining an existing technique that's been used to successfully recover fingerprint detail from smooth objects such as glass and plastic, forensic scientists have managed to create a kind of photo negative of fingerprint impressions on fabric. It's a bit hit and miss at the moment, but even when clear ridge detail isn't retrieved, the technique could still prove useful to investigators looking for other evidence."
Comment Re:Condition for Non-Retention (Score 0) 372
The European Court of Human Rights ruled that the blanket policy currently in place in the UK for retention of DNA and fingerprint samples is not legal for non-convicted persons, let alone those just offering up a sample to help in a particular case. The implications of keeping this data when it should be destroyed could be catastrophic for both the police and the government, as people will be less willing to offer up samples to assist in elimination of suspicion after reading stories such as this one.
Comment Re:As a european... (Score 2, Funny) 123
Agreed. I was excited when I read the title, but this is just the fake version of football!
Pelting a real football or soccer ball as the Americans call it round the lounge would be much more fun.
Comment Donate (Score 1) 546
Zero wipe them, then donate them to schools or charities which send computers to less fortunate countries or maybe academic research institutes.
Comment What! (Score 1) 195
Mega-efficient bombs maybe! ...wait, this isn't about iPod Nano batteries?!
