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Study: CT Scans Could Bolster Forensic Database to ID Unidentified Remains

By Guest PostJanuary 19, 2014Science3d id, amanda hale, ann ross, anthropology, cheekbones, contemporary skull, craniofacial surgeons, ct scans, facial characteristics, forensic database, id, kenda honeycutt, manual mapping, morton collection, museum, north carolina state university, skeletal remain, skull, unidentified remains, university of pennsylvania

A study from North Carolina State University finds that data from CT scans can be incorporated into a growing forensic database to help determine the ancestry and sex of unidentified remains. The finding may also have clinical applications for craniofacial surgeons.

“As forensic anthropologists, we can map specific coordinates on a skull and use software that we developed – called 3D-ID – to compare those three-dimensional coordinates with a database of biological characteristics,” says Dr. Ann Ross, a professor of anthropology at NC State and senior author of a paper describing the work. “That comparison can tell us the ancestry and sex of unidentified remains using only the skull – which is particularly valuable when dealing with incomplete skeletal remains.” (more…)

Meet your 3D maker

By Guest PostJuly 30, 2013Technology3d maker, 3d printing, bar codes, culture, editor pamela woon, electronic chips, external radio frequency, id, microsoft retail stores, on the whiteboard, rfid, tags, Technology

In this episode of “On the Whiteboard,” Editor Pamela Woon goes to a workshop that features 3D printing and finds that with the Windows 8.1 update, it’s as easy as printing a Word document.

REDMOND, Wash. – July 30, 2013 – In this episode of “On the Whiteboard,” Editor Pamela Woon goes to Makerhaus and its 10,000-square-feet of fabrication prototyping – a membership workshop that features 3D printing for things such as jewelry, toys, and virtually anything you can design with 3D software. (more…)

Fingerprints for Financing: Removing Some Risk from Lending in Africa

By Guest PostOctober 16, 2012Economy, Generalafrican nation, american, biometric identification, birth certificate, computer, control trial, credit history, dean yang, defaulting, economic review, economist, fingerprinting, id, identification system, jessica Goldberg, malawi, michigan, microfinance institution, national, negative association, paprika, paprika farmer, positive association, record, rural area, scanned fingerprint, software, southeastern, university, witchcraft, world bank, xavier gine

ANN ARBOR — Some called it “witchcraft.” Others just watched in awe as their scanned fingerprints were used to pull up their records on a computer.

They were paprika farmers in Malawi participating in a new study that shows fingerprinting can help encourage borrowers to repay their loans.

Like many impoverished countries, Malawi lacks a national identification system. Most of the population lives in rural areas with few government services. Even ID as basic as a birth certificate is rare in the southeastern African nation. (more…)

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Study: CT Scans Could Bolster Forensic Database to ID Unidentified Remains

Meet your 3D maker

Fingerprints for Financing: Removing Some Risk from Lending in Africa