Forensics

Face Recognition – No Deed Goes Unnamed

Bad news for criminals who are trying to remain hidden, nameless and faceless. A new technology, reported on Fox News’ site, can predict what a terrorist’s face looks like from less than a drop of blood or single strand of hair. The development’s name is Parabon Snapshot, this new groundbreaking technology can take traces of DNA and put a face to the crime.

From a terrorist who built a bomb intended to kill hundreds through to a thief who stole a handbag, this is the sort of innovation that makes it hard for a felon to stay anonymous. The

Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) funded this innovation, created by Parabon NanoLabs. In war zones such as Iraq and Afghanistan, there are networks that build improvised explosive devices, this has created an urgent need to provide enhanced tools to help military teams identify, track, dismantle and defeat terrorist networks. Similarly, terrorist plots such as the recent attacks in Manchester, Brussels and Paris have involved explosive devices so investigators immediately searched for clues to identify the bombmaker or possible bomb making network.