New Methodology to Determine Height of Blood Spatter Sources

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A professor and student at Washington State University developed a formula to determine the height of a source of blood spatter. Prior to this discovery, contrary to its portrayal in the media, forensic science was never able to do this based off of a single droplet because the previously accepted investigative method yielded more than one possible height. Using trigonometry, Fred Gittes and Chris Varney discovered that the height actually can be determined by using not one, but several blood droplets. Their theory proved valuable through successful lab experiments. They are even able to apply their formula to solve other historical height mysteries.

 

Click here to check out their discovery!

 

Source: MIT Technology Review

 

Citation:

Emerging Technology From the arXiv. (March 1, 2011). Blood Spatter Breakthrough For Forensic Scientists. In MIT Technology Review. Retrieved October 9, 2013, from http://www.technologyreview.com/view/423166/blood-spatter-breakthrough

 

[Abstract written by Alex Mitzel, ForensIQ Intern]

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