https://padlet.com/anniekok2/hk7m937s6au1chx9 en-us 2022-07-13 14:49:11 UTC 2025-11-08 08:31:56 UTC hello@padlet.com mlpler007_2 https://padlet.com/anniekok2/hk7m937s6au1chx9/wish/2271426599 So I used a black, long-sleeved T-shirt. It has some clearly visible traces of white fur from a coat I have previously worn. I took 3 straps of clear Sellotape and joined them together to make it thicker and pressed them against the sleeve of the T-shirt (did the same on both sleeves). I took them off the T-shirt and placed them on paper. The traces of white fur are visible when I take off the tape from the sleeves. They, however, become invisible when the tape is placed on paper. What I see is some black traces of the fabric (cotton) of the T-shirt. My guess is that the white fur is invisible because it is placed on a white paper. ]]> 2022-08-25 13:32:45 UTC https://padlet.com/anniekok2/hk7m937s6au1chx9/wish/2271426599 savvyvdheever https://padlet.com/anniekok2/hk7m937s6au1chx9/wish/2276417750 I chose to try to get trace "evidence" off of a black felt jacket. I cut the tape, followed the instructions and on my page, I saw mostly black fibers from the jacket itself and some white cat hairs from my cats. To be honest, I don't think I completed this very successfully. I also found that the traces of fibers did not show up very well in the picture I took. It was quite challenging to get a decent piece of trace evidence onto my page so I can understand how difficult it must be for forensic investigators to do it!]]> 2022-08-30 15:23:59 UTC https://padlet.com/anniekok2/hk7m937s6au1chx9/wish/2276417750 moketelethole11 https://padlet.com/anniekok2/hk7m937s6au1chx9/wish/2276995786 For this activity I tried to collect trace evidence from my navy jersey which I was wearing a couple of days back. After going through the instructions for the activity and watching the posted video on how to collect trace evidence, I already could not wait to begin the activity. It seemed like it is interesting like the previous ones but more strait forward and simple. I already envisaged how the results will look like. I even started thinking about how I will go about speaking to or reflecting on my findings on this padlet. 
As per the instructions, I did cut 4 pieces of transparent tape roughly 10 to 15cm each and started putting them on the sleeves of the jersey. I was already disappointed when lifting the tapes from the jersey and seeing almost nothing of what I was expecting. I thought I will see almost hundreds of hair fibres from my arms. Amongst all the four tapes, I only got to see what looks like a hair fibre on the third tape. Upon putting the tapes on a clean white A4 page, all that is mostly visible is the obvious traces of cotton fabric, which is what the jersey is made up of. I also feel like even though the activity did not turn out as I had expected (which I think its a pitfall on its own), the picture and camera quality do not do justice to what I see with my naked eye. A quality camera would do way better.]]> 2022-08-31 00:55:51 UTC https://padlet.com/anniekok2/hk7m937s6au1chx9/wish/2276995786 vsplar001 https://padlet.com/anniekok2/hk7m937s6au1chx9/wish/2277391353 I completed this activity by using a quite dirty jacket I wore when I was working out outside earlier this week. 

I followed all the instructions and completed the task as best I could. On the back a few darker fibers are visible, but other than that I could not really see anything, except a view specks of dirt. 

I do not know whether the glue on the tape was not strong enough to pick up anything significant or whether I did not complete the task correctly. 

I was also unsure what colour paper would be best to place the tape on. I also found that the fibers were so small that i could not accurately capture it on the picture.

Overall this was an interesting task and I would be interested to learn how to collect fibers more effectively.]]> 2022-08-31 07:35:01 UTC https://padlet.com/anniekok2/hk7m937s6au1chx9/wish/2277391353 https://padlet.com/anniekok2/hk7m937s6au1chx9/wish/2277548840 For this activity I chose to try and collect trace evidence off a red jersey that was in my laundry basket. 
I followed the instructions, and specifically chose to place the tape over areas i could see had fluff or hair on it. 
After placing the tape on white paper, what I saw in all four samples was short red fibres from the jersey. I also have hair in all of the tapes. These were a mixture of long hairs which I believe are mine, and many short ones that could be cat hair. Another thing I noticed was a small ball of black fluff from an unknown source (on the back left sleeve). ]]> 2022-08-31 11:00:46 UTC https://padlet.com/anniekok2/hk7m937s6au1chx9/wish/2277548840