Infrared Cameras Solve Crimes By Finding Hidden Tattoos

We've already seen infrared cameras do some incredible things--they've found people in burning buildings and snow-choked woods, spotted pollution, and they've even gone hunting for comets in the depths of space. Add this to the list: they can find tattoos that were previously hidden. Apparently, using an infrared camera can determine if a tattoo was original, or ...

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Lawsuits Developing Over Crime Cameras In New Orleans

You'd think that, at some point, all these city founders who think to themselves that maybe speed / traffic / crime cameras are a good idea would look at the sheer and enormous outcry against them and say, jeepers, maybe this is the most boneheaded move I could make. Well, government work must cause brain damage ...

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Google Street View Used to Capture Thieves

Who said that Google Street View can't be used for anything different than to help you plan your route and get to know the a new city you're traveling to? In September 2008, a 14-year old boy in the Netherlands was robbed. The police weren't able to solve the case but luckily for everyone else ...

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Webcams Can Catch Burglars At the Right Time

Technology seems to be the enemy of modern crime and that should only comfort us. A woman in Boynton Beach has caught four thieves robbing her house while she was checking her home video surveillance system from work. The Wilife system proved to be working just fine and the woman immediately called the police. 18 ...

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