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Mass Fatality Identification System

Posted by timothy on from the strange-necessites dept.

Shipud writes " Bio-IT World is running a story on how Gene Codes corporation created the Mass Fatality Identification System (M-FISys) in the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks. The story goes into the details of processing large amounts of data, aiming for a 99.9% accuracy rate, and extreme programing."

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  1. Yuck... by vitalidea · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    "At the Family Assistance Center, New York Police Department personnel interviewed friends and family members of victims, taking buccal swabs from family members"

    Now that just seems like a painful thing to have to do on top of everything else...

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    Vital Idea