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http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/08/080801074732.htm
This article is entitled “Guilt on their Hands” this is a perfect title due to a new bullet tagging technology invented by a team of chemists, engineers, management scientists, sociologists and nanotechnologists from Brighton, Brunel, Cranfield, Surrey and York Universities, with funding from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC). Basically bullet tagging is a way of using small “nanotags” which are coated on gun cartridges and then wiped off on anyone’s hands or gloves who have handled the cartridge. With this information, one can match the nanotags from the glove or hand, and match it to the gun from which it was fired from.
I think this is an ingenious invention by scientists and cannot wait to see it in action. It is due for release in about a year and should make life for a forensic scientist that much easier identifying the felon to the gun that was used, or a cartridge that was left a crime scene. With more and more technology forensic science is becoming one of the most important parts of our society.
8 comments:
Three aspects of the review that were particularly well presented, were, the way he introduced the article and gave some background information, the way he offered facts, and the way that he offered his opinion on the article and what the article spoke about. The review could’ve gone into a little bit more detail and maybe described what a nanotechnologist does, because I don’t quite know. I was impressed by the article he chose because it’s very interesting, and not something you see everyday.
I thought this was a very interesting idea. the 3 aspects that were well presented were, the good explination of this new technology, the way he clearly connected it to forensic sciences, and how he seemed to be interested and enthusiastic about the issue himself. 2 suggestions would be to offer some more information about how this will help in comparrison to older techniques, or mabey describing how this technology is expected to be used on all firearms/amunition. Overall, i was learned about a cool new technology wich will hopefully aid many investigations in the near future.
I thought the introduction of the article, a brief summary, and an opinion on the article were all well presented. I found the article analysis to be a little lacking, as well as the grammar in a few places. However, it was incredibly interesting to hear about this science of "nanotags," which I previously had known nothing about.
3 things that were well presented is how you described the general idea of what was invented, then you explained what its purpose was, then you explained how it was done. ("It" being the nano-tagged bullets and cartridges).
One way you could have improved it was by going a little bit more into detail about how it was created, and how it works but other than that it got the point across.
The one thing I was impressed with was the actual article itself, its not something within it just what its about. I think that this technology will become very useful.
I think this was a very interesting article and the way he paraphrased it grasped the general idea. This new technology is fascinating in the way that it will help scientists in solving a crime involving guns a lot more easily. The review could have had more detail and go a little bit more deeper into the general concept but overall it was a good article because he described the article and gave his own personal opinion. This was intereting to learn about since it is something i would never have known anything about if i didnt read this article.
I found this article to be particularly interesting. In addition, the review was well presented in that it accurately pinpointed the main idea of the article, provided a good overall summary with key facts, and gave his own reflection on the subject with enthusiasm. The review, however, may have been better with better grammar and if he further applied how this strategy progresses forensic science. In the end, he chose a good article and analyzed it well and from it i learned how technology continues to further the field of forensic science.
I liked Joe's current event because he explained bullet tagging so well. It was shear genius how the scientists used "nanotags" which are coated on gun cartridges. This then wipes on anyone's hands or gloves who have handled the cartridge. It is amazing that they can match it to the gun from which it is fired. Now we can put some more bad guys away.
I think that the summary was well presented, gave a good explanation of facts, and clearly expressed his opinion on the article. I think that there could have been more detail on what exactly a nanotechnologist does and how the technology compares to methods used in the past. I thought the article was very interesting and i was able to learn something that i knew little about.
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