FINDER: Forensic Identification via Non-Destructive Evidence Retrieval

FINDER：通过非破坏性证据检索进行法医鉴定

• 批准号: 50762
• 金额: $ 26.38万
• 依托单位: SMYTEC
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Study
• 财政年份: 2021
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2021 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=50762
• 关键词: FINDER; Forensic; Identification; via; Non

Smytec Ltd has created a ground-breaking Forensic Imaging technology, removing the need for old fashioned fingerprint retrieval methods and replacing these with a high-tech solution. Smytec aims to bring fingerprint evidence retrieval into the 21st Century with its technology: FINDER.At crime scenes, CSIs must first search for "invisible" fingerprint evidence, enhance any potential fingerprints found using techniques such as powdering, recover with a form of adhesive lift, store and transport them to the lab. The recovered lifts must then be digitally imaged to compare to known fingerprints in a database. At the scene the sequential process of 9-10 steps can be painstaking, making fingerprint recovery slow and repetitive. Using destructive methods, any tiny error by a CSI can destroy evidence and make it unrecoverable. FINDER cuts this sequence down to two steps: search the scene for fingerprints and when found recover them, all at the click of a button, without any contact. This not only speeds up scene recovery from potentially hours to minutes; it also reduces potential human error and reduces the number of consumables required for CSIs to take to every scene -- with over 50 fingerprint methods recommended by the Home Office the majority only applicable to be used on a single surface type. FINDER can be used on many surfaces, including various metals, plastics, glass and paper. On top of this, the quality of fingerprints retrieved is improved, with FINDER outperforming fingerprint powdering techniques by almost 50%.Due to being non-contact-non-destructive, FINDER is also applicable for Security and Defence, being a unique tool for fingerprint recovery for covert operations teams. Currently fingerprint powders are too messy and technical for Special Ops teams to use, not only being slow in application, but requiring a lengthy clean-up process. With FINDER teams can be in and out in minutes, without a trace, and with identification evidence recovered in the process.FINDER can also recover fingerprints from post-blast fragments and debris. Fingerprints are believed to be destroyed during bomb blasts, so DNA analysis is prioritised, with current fingerprint techniques having very poor success rates of 2%. From testing performed with the FBI, FINDER has a success rate of 64% in successfully retrieving fingerprints from post-blast fragments and debris. No longer does easily transferred DNA need to be relied on; fingerprints can now be retrieved to identify the suspect bomber and also any network of individuals involved in such atrocities.

Smytec有限公司创造了一种突破性的法医成像技术，消除了对老式指纹检索方法的需求，并以高科技解决方案取而代之。Smytec旨在通过其技术FINDER将指纹证据检索带入21世纪世纪。在犯罪现场，CSI必须首先搜索“看不见的”指纹证据，使用粉末化等技术增强任何潜在的指纹，用粘合剂剥离的形式恢复，存储并将其运送到实验室。然后，必须对恢复的电梯进行数字成像，以与数据库中的已知指纹进行比较。在现场，9-10个步骤的顺序过程可能是艰苦的，使指纹恢复缓慢和重复。使用破坏性的方法，CSI的任何微小错误都可能破坏证据并使其无法恢复。FINDER将这一过程简化为两个步骤：在现场搜索指纹，并在找到指纹时将其恢复，所有这些都只需点击按钮，无需任何接触。这不仅可以将场景恢复速度从几小时缩短到几分钟，还可以减少潜在的人为错误，并减少CSI在每个场景中所需的耗材数量-内政部推荐了50多种指纹识别方法，其中大多数仅适用于单一表面类型。FINDER可用于许多表面，包括各种金属，塑料，玻璃和纸张。最重要的是，指纹检索的质量得到了提高，FINDER的性能比指纹粉末技术高出近50%。由于是非接触式非破坏性的，FINDER也适用于安全和国防，是秘密行动团队指纹恢复的独特工具。目前，指纹粉末对于特种部队来说太凌乱和技术性，不仅应用缓慢，而且需要漫长的清理过程。有了FINDER，团队可以在几分钟内进出，不留痕迹，并在此过程中恢复识别证据。FINDER还可以从爆炸后的碎片和碎片中恢复指纹。指纹被认为在炸弹爆炸中会被破坏，因此DNA分析被优先考虑，目前的指纹技术成功率非常低，只有2%。根据联邦调查局的测试，FINDER在爆炸后碎片和碎片中成功提取指纹的成功率为64%。不再需要依赖容易转移的DNA;现在可以检索指纹来识别涉嫌爆炸者以及参与此类暴行的任何个人网络。