SlapShot with Touchless Palms: See What's Been Missing
October 10, 2025
Chantilly, VA — October 10, 2025 — Sciometrics is pleased to share that we have added a touchless palm capture to our SlapShot SDK.
SlapShot with touchless palm conforms to the latest NIST standards for touchless fingerprint stated in NIST SP 500-399 and measured by the NIST NFRaCT image evaluation tool.
At Sciometrics, our mission is to bring touchless biometrics to the field, reduce unresolved latent backlogs, and give law enforcement a decisive edge in case resolution.
Unresolved latent prints remain one of forensics' biggest challenges — and palms are a major part of the problem. Up to one-third of latent impressions found at crime scenes are estimated to be palm-based. Traditional contact scanners often miss critical ridge detail, and palm databases remain underdeveloped.
SlapShot with Touchless Palm Capture changes that
Forensic-quality palm images can now be captured using nothing more than a smartphone camera — no special hardware.
Full palms, writer's palms, interdigital areas
All can be acquired quickly, accurately, and touch-free — expanding biometric databases and improving the odds of resolving latent evidence.
Contact vs. touchless
Contact scanners leave gaps in ridge structure and struggle with major case prints. Touchless capture preserves every ridge in complete detail — giving investigators a fuller evidentiary picture.