Forget about security cameras or exploding paint packs in money bags. A UK company thinks it has developed a better, more discreet high-tech crime-fighting device using a DNA spray. It's called SelectaDNA spray, and it's loaded into a canister that's mounted above a doorway. When an intruder trips an alarm system, or when a panic button is pressed by a store employee, the canister uses a motion detector to spray a fine mist over the intruder as he steps through the doorway. The harmless and odourless spray clings to clothing fibres and sits in creases of the skin and marks the criminal with a spray that is only visible under ultraviolet light. James Brown, the co-owner of the company that makes the spray, Selectamark Security Systems, explains that if police nab the criminal, they can scan him with an ultraviolet light. "All areas on his body that are marked with the spray will glow to show that he has the solution on him," Brown explained to CTV's Canada AM earlier this week. "At that point, police can take a swab, send it to us to be forensically analyzed and link him to the crime scene." Each spray canister contains a unique synthetic DNA signature, so police can connect the criminal to a particular crime scene. Brown says that even if the criminal figures out he's been covered in the spray, the solution isn't easy to remove. "It depends on a number of factors, like skin type and how many washes, but generally speaking, it can last up to two weeks," Brown said. "So ...
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