Research shows eye-reflections in photos could be used to identify criminals

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Research shows eye-reflections in photos could be used to identify criminals

Did you ever watch CSI's tech boffins zoom into a photo, grab the reflection in someone's eye, and through processing magic generate a full facial image of the wanted criminal? If, like us, you rolled your eyes at the program's "Hollywood" technology, then maybe you did so too soon (again). Researchers at the University of Glasgow, Scotland, have effectively done just that. Okay, so the team was using near perfect conditions: a 39-megapixel Hasselblad H2D camera, shooting a subject from one meter away, in perfect lighting, but the results proved the idea is well within the realms of science fact.

 

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Okay, so the team was using near perfect conditions: a 39-megapixel Hasselblad H2D camera, shooting a subject from one meter away, in perfect lighting, but the results proved the idea is well within the realms of science fact.

Both camera and criminal would need to be close range. Criminals are not completely ignorant, they already know not to advertise their appearance around camera. A case solved using this would be the case of the century. Especially once the concept gets out that this is possible.