Police seek to unlock murder victim's phone using 3D replica of fingertips
by Olivia Solon in San Francisco from Technology | The Guardian on (#1N4FW)
Lab printed prosthetic digit to help police try and unlock a murder victim's smartphone, protected by a fingerprint scanner instead of a password
Computer science professor Anil Jain spends most of his time researching and improving biometric systems, like fingerprint scanners and facial recognition software. Last month, however, law enforcement agents approached the Michigan State University academic with an unusual request: to create a 3D-printed replica of a dead man's finger.
Police needed the prosthetic digit to try and unlock a murder victim's smartphone, protected by a fingerprint scanner instead of a password.
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