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Police can sketch suspects from DNA
New technology

Police can sketch suspects from DNA

Scientists in the United States have found genes that regulate features on the human face, such as nose size and facial width.

December 12, 2018
Identification solution for twin crimes
New technology

Identification solution for twin crimes

Thanks to DNA, police can identify criminals easily. However, in some cases with twins, this becomes very difficult because they have almost identical DNA.

December 12, 2018
Identify crime scene on film is myth?
New technology

Identify crime scene on film is myth?

According to an FBI expert, even the agency has not been able to deploy the widespread facial recognition feature you see in the movie.

December 12, 2018
Identify criminals through ... bacteria
New technology

Identify criminals through ... bacteria

We already have biometric technologies to distinguish individuals from replacing passwords such as fingerprints, voices, retinas, DNA ... Recently, scientists have devis…

December 12, 2018
Violence prevention device
New technology

Violence prevention device

Special monitoring devices used by police agencies and criminal investigations in the future will be able to help detect or prevent a shooting.

December 12, 2018
Hunting for twins
New technology

Hunting for twins

Hard-to-swallow cases involving suspects are likely to be soon to be dismissed after German experts announce new DNA tests.

December 11, 2018
Robot trafficking criminals pedophiles on the net
New technology

Robot trafficking criminals pedophiles on the net

Scientists at the University of Deusto (Spain) have created the Negobot - a robot that plays a 14-year-old girl to hunt pedophiles on chat rooms, promising to ease the b…

December 11, 2018
Fool the lie detector
New technology

Fool the lie detector

Used in criminal investigations, lie detectors work on the principle that a part of the human brain will react unconsciously when being mentioned in a mean.

December 11, 2018
DNA guns help identify criminals
New technology

DNA guns help identify criminals

SelectaDNA has launched the 'crime-sensitive DNA gun'. Thanks to guns, in cases of chaos, security police easily arrested suspects.

December 11, 2018