The Technology In Abby's Lab: Link Round-Up.

Spending the past week blogging for Deliverin' Data, I was inspired to write my next link round-up. That said, I am going to shake things up a bit. Instead of concentrating on one of the actor's careers, I am going to look into the equipment, and technology that Abby Sciuto uses in her lab.

In any forensics crime lab, there are specific procedures that are done in order to figure out who did the crime, and how it happened. Those procedures often require the use of a particular type of technology. In NCIS the same technology is used in Abby's Lab.

One of the major pieces of equipment that Abby uses is called a mass spectrometer. This piece of equipment is used to analyze the different chemical compounds that are found in a victim's system. If the victim has been poisoned Abby can figure out the chemical that was used with the mass spectrometer.

The mass spectrometer is not the only technology that Abby uses in her lab. While completing her forensic analysis she uses computers, plasma screens, microscopes, and an Automated Fingerprint Identification System. That system is also called refered to as AFIS. Abby uses this software when she is trying to find a match for a fingerprint that she got off a piece of evidence.

When Abby is trying to find out how a victim was shot, or what type of gun was used she attempts to recreate the situation. In doing so she uses a system called a Ballistic Calculator. There are several types of ballistic calculators, but the process is the same. Abby takes the logistics of the gun shot, and puts them in a software program that determines what happened.

It is really interesting to think about how Abby solves the different crimes, as well as the various types of equipment that she uses. I hope you enjoyed finding out the technology used in Abby's Lab.