New CSI tool pinpoints when fingerprints were left behind
www.floridatechonline.com The CSI franchise and the true crime programming on television shows that we're interested in if not fascinated by modern criminology. I find myself watching the documentaries where old fashioned tenacity combined with the latest technology uses the tiniest speck of physical evidence to bring home a case against someone. And it is fascinating. The CSI series, being fiction, takes a few liberties, combines these with interesting ongoing characters and relationships to put together very popular entertainment. Do they take liberties with the technology? Yes and no. It's hard to know what is technically possible and what isn't. If I were considering a crime, I'd certainly have second thoughts because of the decreasing odds of getting away with it. At the rate real science and technology is advancing, who knows what will be possible in a few years. Watching the progression of the technology is as fascinating as th...