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timothy
on from the gattica-meets-perrier dept.
Ant writes "This story mentions forensic scientists have developed a technique which should allow police and immigration officials to find out where a person has been living for the last few months or years - by analysing residues in their hair."
Re:Going Bald
by
the_brat_king
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· Score: 2, Interesting
Jokes aside, what of those of us who keep short cropped hair? If we become "suspected" or "of interest" does our lack of long golden locks implicate us further? I've worn my hair at between 1/4 inch and 3/4 inch for the past 7 years, give or take a couple periods of laziness. I understand that "other" hair can be used, but hair recycles itself, so there's not a lot of that other hair that's been around for years (in the extreme cases), or even a lot of months.
Before you cue balls start pillaging
by
WateryGrave
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· Score: 3, Interesting
I nearly worked for a Company that did hair follicle testing for illegal drug use. One of the first questions that came up from our group was: "what about bald people?" The presenter smiled and said that while some people may not have hair on their head, almost everyone has hair somewhere. Chew on that one for a while.
Can it be jammed?
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Thomas+Shaddack
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· Score: 2, Interesting
How long it will take until "isotope ratio kits" appear on the market?
Look up the ratio of various isotopes in your region. Make an estimation of the volume of local water you ingest. Add measured amount of isotope mixture to every your morning coffee, shifting the average ratio to the value of the region you want to appear to be from.
What will be the next round of this game?
We can look forward to interesting new technological games once cheap mass-produced mass spectrometers appear on the market.
Slashdot Mirror
Jokes aside, what of those of us who keep short cropped hair? If we become "suspected" or "of interest" does our lack of long golden locks implicate us further? I've worn my hair at between 1/4 inch and 3/4 inch for the past 7 years, give or take a couple periods of laziness. I understand that "other" hair can be used, but hair recycles itself, so there's not a lot of that other hair that's been around for years (in the extreme cases), or even a lot of months.
I nearly worked for a Company that did hair follicle testing for illegal drug use. One of the first questions that came up from our group was: "what about bald people?" The presenter smiled and said that while some people may not have hair on their head, almost everyone has hair somewhere. Chew on that one for a while.
Look up the ratio of various isotopes in your region. Make an estimation of the volume of local water you ingest. Add measured amount of isotope mixture to every your morning coffee, shifting the average ratio to the value of the region you want to appear to be from.
What will be the next round of this game?
We can look forward to interesting new technological games once cheap mass-produced mass spectrometers appear on the market.