http://www.metafilter.com/tags/DigitalDetectiveWork Posts tagged with 'DigitalDetectiveWork' at MetaFilter. Sun, 27 Jan 2008 16:30:58 -0800 Sun, 27 Jan 2008 16:30:58 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/68556/We%2DHave%2DCameras Erika Gunderson got into a taxicab in New York City this past New Year's Eve and found a digital camera on the back seat. The cab driver had no information or interest in which previous passenger might be the rightful owner. Bringing the camera home, Gunderson's fianc&#0233;, Brian Ascher, <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/01/26/AR2008012600698.html">took on the task of trying to find the owner</a>. Using clues from 350 photos and two videos stored on the camera he was able to track down the owner, Irishman Alan Murphy in Sydney, Australia and return the camera to him. This story echoes <a href="http://cas.umkc.edu/onthequad/archives/February05/andino.asp">that of two of my friends </a>who found a digital camera in a NYC cab and <a href="http://www.mirror.co.uk/archive/2004/09/15/cameraderie-89520-14642090/">were able to "hunt down" </a>the owners of it by examining the camera's images for clues. tag:metafilter.com,2008:site.68556 Sun, 27 Jan 2008 16:30:58 -0800 Camera DigitalDetectiveWork NewYork NYC ericb