“Our fingerprint ridges are very useful for determining the texture of things, like the difference between velvet and sandpaper,” Headon says. “As we move our fingertips across a ...

The sensor is looking for the depth of the ridges of your fingerprint, while the touchscreen verifies the capacitive presence of your meaty digit. This hack satisfies both of those checks.

Like most (if not all) Hackaday readers, I like to know how the technology I use works. I’m always amazed, for example, how many otherwise smart people have no idea how the cellphone network ...

Fingerprints are the unique pattern of curves and ridges indented into the skin of a person’s fingertips. Most people have completely unique fingerprints, which can help with identification.

After drying, fingerprint ridges could be observed under ultraviolet light. The method that forensic scientists use to visualize fingerprints is dependent on the surface that the finger marks are ...

University of the Highlands and Islands Archaeology Institute said fingerprint components were known to differ according to age and sex. It said the distance between ridges, for example ...

AI and ultrasonic fingerprint tech drive biometric security, enhancing accuracy and protection. Learn how new-age tools ...

The attorney for Luigi Mangione, who was charged in the fatal shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, said he ...

Archaeologists believe fingerprints on fragments of clay found in Orkney were left by experienced potters and their young apprentice 5,000 years ago. Experts have newly identified a print left by ...