Parents track girl via chip

The parents of an 11 year old girl are to take extraordinary step of having her fitted with a microchip so that her movements can be traced if she is abducted.

Danielle Duval will have the device implanted in her arm in the next few months, the scientists assisting the plan claimed. The chip will apparently send a signal via a mobile phone network to a computer, which will be able to show her location on an electronic map.

-Hindustan Times, September 2, 2002

Gadgets : Fighting Crime

Path finder

It is the latest equipment used for lifting footprints from a variety of surfaces such as floor, carpet etc. where the conventional methods fail, It is a hand-held. 9 V battery operated system and can be carried easily to the scene of crime. Within a few minutes, invisible surface foot prints from the hard surface or from the carpet may be lifted permanently using this equipment. The cost of the equipment is incredibly low and affordable. It carries a price tag of Rs. 34,000 approximately. It is supplied by K9, Scene of Crime Equipment Ltd., 116a, Bailiff Street, Northampton, NN1 3EA, UK

Professional Knowledge Digest, January-March 2002