This section looks at a unique and completly different directions that our project can take. Altough we have targeted forensic science can the techniques and methods we used be utilized in other fields? Is it the idea we created or the way we have developed it that is useful? Have we created a generic platform that we can use in other fields?

For example, the biospray is targeting unique or abundant compounds in bodily fluids. How ever if we switched what we are targeting we can use this product for many different abudent compounds. For example nasal mucus has MRSA present in it, we could potentially identify who has MRSA by taking a nasal sample then using a biospray to make it fluoresce. A second example is that it could be given to food hygiene inspectors to see how clean a restaurants kitchen is. It could be sprayed around a kitchen and find where dangerous bacteria are growing. This could shut down bad organisations.

Coming back to forensics a further interesting aspect would be to switch fluorescing aspect with a different biological substance/component that could give off charge or electrons. Fluorescing is easy to see in the lab, but can be hard to see on a crime scene. Crime scenes also often requires light levels to be at a minimum and secondary equipment such as googles or specfic camera len to aid detection. If there was a way to measure a change in charge when sprayed on something, it could create an easier method of detection that would not be affeted by the light of the scene. This would create and advantge over many current bodily fluid detection sprays such as bluestar which is a luminol based product and the most widly used product to find blood in a crime scene in scotland.

Conclusion

These are two unique directions that this project could go in. By looking at the methods used we have a genric platform within the biospray of our project that can be transformed into different fields. The second is thinkg about creating new methods of detection for a crime scene. This would favoured over fluorescing. Both could be two roads to explore in the future that are different from where are project is now.