Software Links Shoe Prints to Crime Suspects

Detective work can be done faster with software that matches shoe prints to a database.

By Brendan Borrell
May 13, 2013 12:00 AMMay 17, 2019 8:35 PM

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Criminals should start investing their ill-gotten gains in a new pair of kicks. That’s because computer scientists have just gotten a lot better at linking the prints of well-worn shoes back to their owners.

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