Saturday, February 25, 2006

Earprints as evidence? / Innovations Report, 20 Feb 2006

http://digbig.com/4gmaq
"In one out of every twenty burglaries the burglar leaves an earprint behind, at least this seems to be the case in and around Leiden. Fingerprints have long been accepted as evidence, but what about earprints? Do the earprints of an individual differ enough from the earprints of all other individuals in the world to identify a criminal with complete certainty? No, you can't be a hundred per cent sure, but fingerprints aren't that certain either. We assume that no two fingerprints are the same, but we don't know for certain.
Earprints of different people; the numbers indicate the places where the most characteristic differences can be seen. "