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Nanotechnology Reveals Hidden Fingerprints

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the new-csi-devices dept.

valiko75 writes "Hidden fingerprints can now be revealed quickly and reliably thanks to two developments in nanotechnology. The thing is that they have invented an easier way to reveal hidden fingerprints, but the explanation is rather vague. The main point is that the experiments are not very stable at the moment, but with its development this technology will probably help in discovering many criminal mysteries."

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  1. Utter nonsense by Das+Modell · · Score: 5, Funny

    I don't recall seeing this in CSI.

    1. Re:Utter nonsense by spellraiser · · Score: 4, Funny

      Sure it was - it was on CSI: Duluth just the other day. Guess you only watch CSI: Las Vegas, CSI: Miami, CSI: New York, CSI: Hoboken, CSI: Johnsburg ...

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  2. meta-editing by solevita · · Score: 4, Funny

    this technology will probably help in discovering many criminal mysteries
    Call me crazy, but wouldn't this technology be better used solving "criminal mysteries"?
  3. Not vague, but rather exact by JSchoeck · · Score: 3, Insightful

    "the explanation is rather vague" The explanation involves detailed descriptions of the chemicals and chemical effects that reveal the fingerprints. So it's not a vague, but a rahter exact description of the mechanism (if you know a bit about chemistry). The black colored silver stuff is silveroxide by the way, if anyone wants to know.