Jacks Complete
April 22nd, 2004, 05:17 PM
Apparently, the canadian police (Toronto) have a new robot that they drive up to suspect packages to check whether the bombers were wearing gloves...
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http://www.newsandevents.utoronto.ca/bin5/040419a.asp for the full article, but basically, the device sprays superglue fumes over the suspect package, revealing any prints as the glue fumes bond to the oils left by fingers. It is attached to what looks a lot like a standard "wheelbarrow" bomb disposal robot.
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The below is off slashdot (http://science.slashdot.org/science/04/04/21/1814218.shtml?tid=126&tid=137&tid=158&tid=216&tid=99) which is where I spotted the article.
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Sometime in the future... (Score:3, Funny)
by Jade E. 2 (313290) <slashdot@perlGIR ... minus herbivore> on Thursday April 22, @01:22AM (#8936332)
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The technicians watch the screen closely as the hot fumes settle over the bomb, 2 blocks away. They're looking for any sign of fingerprints, ready to aim and snap a shot with the remote unit's secondary, high-res camera as soon as they show up. Faint areas start to stand out in a strange pattern... And soon they realize it's a word... "B"... "BO"... "BOO"... "BOOM"... "BOOM!"...
As the fumes adhere to the drop of oil on the small light sensor in the dot of the exlamation point, covering it in an opaque white coating, there's a faint click deep inside the bomb.
"Damnit, that robot was expensive!" the squad captain says to his lieutenant, as they huddle behind their van, debris raining down around them.
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:D
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http://www.newsandevents.utoronto.ca/bin5/040419a.asp for the full article, but basically, the device sprays superglue fumes over the suspect package, revealing any prints as the glue fumes bond to the oils left by fingers. It is attached to what looks a lot like a standard "wheelbarrow" bomb disposal robot.
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The below is off slashdot (http://science.slashdot.org/science/04/04/21/1814218.shtml?tid=126&tid=137&tid=158&tid=216&tid=99) which is where I spotted the article.
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Sometime in the future... (Score:3, Funny)
by Jade E. 2 (313290) <slashdot@perlGIR ... minus herbivore> on Thursday April 22, @01:22AM (#8936332)
(http://www.perlstorm.net/)
The technicians watch the screen closely as the hot fumes settle over the bomb, 2 blocks away. They're looking for any sign of fingerprints, ready to aim and snap a shot with the remote unit's secondary, high-res camera as soon as they show up. Faint areas start to stand out in a strange pattern... And soon they realize it's a word... "B"... "BO"... "BOO"... "BOOM"... "BOOM!"...
As the fumes adhere to the drop of oil on the small light sensor in the dot of the exlamation point, covering it in an opaque white coating, there's a faint click deep inside the bomb.
"Damnit, that robot was expensive!" the squad captain says to his lieutenant, as they huddle behind their van, debris raining down around them.
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:D