BRAIN FINGERPRINTING

INVENTOR
-LARRY FAREWELL
CONTENTS:

1. WHY IS IT NAMED SO?

2. EQUIPMENTS
3. HOW IT WORKS?
4. OPERATING MECHANISM
5. BRAIN SIGNAL TYPES
6. PHASES OF BRAIN FINGERPRINTING
7. ADVANTAGES
8. LIMITATIONS
9. COMPARISION WITH OTHER TECHNOLOGIES
10.CONCLUSION
WHY IS IT
NAMED SO?

Brain fingerprinting was

so named because like
fingerprinting it detects
a match between
evidence from the crime
scene and evidence on
the person of the
suspect.
 EQUIPMENT’S:
• A personal
computer(Pentium iv
processor)
• A data acquisition
board
• Two monitors
• A EEG amplifier
• Software for data
acquisition
• Some electrodes
HOW IT
WORKS?
A suspect is tested by
looking at three kinds of
information represented
by different colored lines:
1. RED: Information the
suspect is expected to
know.
2. GREEN: Information not
know to suspect.
3. BLUE: Information of
the crime that only
perpetrator would.
 GUILTY AND NOT-GUILTY:
• It is not guilty when the blue and green lines closely correlate,
suspect does not have critical knowledge of the crime.
• It is guilty when the blue and red lines closely correlate,
suspect has critical knowledge of the crime.
OPERATING MECHANISM:
Picture/word shown to an individual.
 STEPS:
I. LAUNCH APPLICATION
II. READY TESTEE
III. PROCESS RESULTS
TECHNIQUES:

 P300: A MERMER is a part of the brainwave

observed in response to familiar information.
 MERMER: Memory and Encoding Related
Multifaced Electroencephalographic response.
It is a patented device with a head gear.
 BRAIN SIGNAL
TYPES:
1. BETA WAVE: Awake,
normal alert,
consciousness.
2. ALPHA WAVE:
Relaxed and calm
3. THETA WAVE: Deep
relaxation and
problem solving.
4. DELTA WAVE: Deep,
dreamless.
PHASES OF BRAIN FINGERPRINTING:

 INFORMATION COLLECTION: Gathering evidences

from crime scenes.
 BRAIN EVIDENCE COLLECTION: A specialist checks
whether the crime scene evidence matches
evidence stored in brain.
 COMPUTER EVIDENCE ANALYSIS: Computerized
analysis is done on the brain evidences and
statistical methods are applied to move to the next
phase.
 SCIENTIFIC RESULT: Finding whether the person is
guilty or not guilty.
 ADVANTAGES:
 It has been thoroughly
and scientifically tested.
 The rate of error is
extremely low and clear
standards governing.
 Scientific techniques of
operation of the
technology have been
established and
published.
 Record of 100%
accuracy.
 LIMITATIONS:

 It does not detect how

that information got
there.
 Brain fingerprinting
detects only information.
 Where the suspect knows
everything that the
investigators can ask..
COMPARISIONS WITH OTHER TECHNOLOGIES:

 Fingerprintsand DNA are available in only

1% of crimes. The brain and the evidence
recorded in it are always are there.
 No questions are asked and no answers are
given during Farwell Brain Fingerprinting.
 This technology depends only on the brain
information processing, it does not depend
on the emotional response of the subject.
Cont..

 It would be inappropriate to generalize the

results of the present research because of the
small sample of subjects.
 But the 100% accuracy and high confidence
level of the results, however, provide further
support for the results from previous research
using the MERMER testing.
PROS AND CONS:

PROS
 Stop terrorists before they
attack.
 More personalized medical
treatments
 Puts criminals in jail.
 Reduces number of false
accusations.
CONS
 Infringement of privacy for
citizens.
 Constant testing for new
products can become time
consuming and expensive.
 Must find random people to
use as test subjects.
 Possibility of inaccuracy.
 ADMISSIBILITY IN COURTS:

 The theory and application of brain fingerprinting have

been subject to peer review and publication.
 Governing scientific techniques of operating of the
technology have been established and published.
 The theory and practice of brain fingerprinting have
gained general acceptance in the relevant scientific
community.
 Brain fingerprinting is non-invasive and non-testimonial.
CONCLUSION:

 It provides further support for results from previous

research using brain MERMER testing.
 Actually when brain recognizes something then
there is some changes in the neurons activity, due to
which there is a change in brainwave signals. On the
basis of these changes in brainwave signals scientists
determine that a particular information is present in
the subject mind or not.
THANK YOU

BY
K.SRUTHI
15831A0572