Potential Forensic applications.
FIT is able to identify individual animal footprints from their geometry, and the same technique might be applied to assist in the automation of certain forensic procedures which currently require ‘expert’ opinion to classify at the final decision boundary. Human fingerprinting, ballistics work, and trace evidences could all be investigated further using an adapted FIT. We have discussed this potential with forensic experts and are now looking for partners in forensic research to investigate further potential.