Tag: FORENSICS

For years, 360-degree cameras have significantly advanced the investigative techniques of law-enforcement officials and forensic scientists. Now, University of South Carolina researchers may actualize the next evolutionary stage in crime-scene analysis with the development of another futuristic photographic process. The University scientists hope to design an effective "blood camera" that could ...

What's the next frontier of investigative crime fighting? If you ask Michael Nesbitt, it may be sitting right in your living room. Nesbitt, a security consultant at Trustwave, is scheduled to give a presentation at the upcoming DEFCON security conference, where he'll explain how any unassuming video game system can, when examined closely, help investigators solve crimes. As Security Watch reports, ...

Police in the U.K. are heralding a new forensic technique that's already garnering attention from U.S. law enforcement agencies like the FBI. The technique, known as electrical network frequency analysis, or ENF, allows investigators to identify variations in demand across a power grid, as well as the fluctuations caused by those demands in nearby recording devices. Comparing the two sets of data, ...

Share It's a universal truth that the more time you spend in front of your computer, the grosser your keyboard gets. While we may be able to wipe away the grease stains and breadcrumb trails that late night snacking leaves in its wake, there's another, more microscopic residue that we can't wipe away -- and it may say a lot more about us than just our eating habits. A new study conducted ...

Everyone loves a good conspiracy theory. Whether you're the paranoid type who thinks the government is hiding lizard people in the basement of Area-51, or if you simply revel in debunking conspiracies as ridiculous nonsense, you can't help but get sucked into the almost romantic notion of some larger, possibly nefarious scheme being carried out behind closed doors. The Discovery Channel is always ...