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British Jurors Can Now Visit Crime Scenes In Virtual Reality

G. Clay Whittaker

at 09:21 AM May 26 2016

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British Jurors Can Now Visit Crime Scenes In Virtual Reality

Computing //

Blind justice could be getting a new type of vision soon, thanks to VR headsets.

Modeling Suspects' Faces Using DNA From Crime Scenes

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at 09:48 AM Jan 30 2015

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Modeling Suspects' Faces Using DNA From Crime Scenes

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In 2014, a biotechnology company began offering a whole new service to police departments. Virginia-based Parabon NanoLabs' Snapshot service allows police to send Parabon NanoLabs DNA samples taken from crime scenes. From that DNA, the company reconstructs a guess of what the person's face looks like.