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gadgets
Police Can Timestamp Any Audio Recording From Background Interference Alone

A team of forensic researchers from the Metropolitan Police in London, claim to be able to accurately timestamp any audio recording—using just the background electrical hum present in any digital recording. Read More >>

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science
Glowing Electrified Fingerprints Are the Future of Forensics

In the future, everything glows, and that includes the fingerprints left behind at the scene of future crimes. Read More >>

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privacy
New Forensics Tool Can Slurp a Phone’s Data via the Cloud

The police don't even need to touch your phone anymore to know how you've been using it. A new off-the-shelf forensics tool lets cops retrieve all the data they want from your iPhone by accessing its contents through iCloud. Read More >>

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monster machines
The Crime-Lite System Can Spot a Culprit’s Invisible Fingerprints

"Dusting for prints" has been a mainstay of forensic investigations since the late 1880s—employing a developer powder to add enough contrast for the fingerprint to show up in photographs. But what about latent prints or those on visually dense, multi-color surfaces? The Crime-lite ASV System can image them—with infrared lasers. Read More >>

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crime
Is This Jack The Ripper’s Knife?

This six-inch black blade belonged to the man on the left. His name is Sir John Williams—the surgeon of Queen Victoria and one of the main suspects in the eleven Whitechapel murders. This may be Jack the Ripper's weapon. Read More >>