Forensic Innovation Monthly
Foster+Freeman Forensic Science Innovation
Design and Manufacture of Industry Leading Forensic Technology
FESTIVE FORENSICS
Secrets of forensic science to be revealed in 2022 Christmas lectures
New and advanced forensic technology including the Crime-lite AUTO is set to feature in a series of three Lectures to be broadcast on BBC Four in late December.
EVIDENCE DETECTION AND VISUALISATION
High Contrast Forensics: Using bandpass filters to enhance the visibility of evidence
Used in conjunction with forensic light sources, bandpass viewing filters can be used to improve the visualisation and contrast of fingerprints, biological evidence, illicit substances and other evidence types.
UK FORENSICS
Gloucestershire Constabulary adopt ground-breaking technology
New technology will enable crime scene investigators to better detect and examine evidence including fingermarks, body fluids, and other forensic traces.
New technology examined at fingermark development meetings
Some of the UK’s foremost experts on fingermark identification and enhancement were in attendance as foster+freeman hosted a seminar on recent advances in technology.
FORENSIC FLASHBACK
ESDA: An industry standard in forensic document examination for over 40 years
Having started life as part of a research project to develop a non-chemical, non-destructive method of identifying fingerprints on fabric, the foster+freeman ESDA (and ‘the ESDA process’) has for over 40 years remained the industry-standard method of revealing indentations or impressions on paper.
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