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Speed Reader: Camera Scans 200-Page Book in One Minute

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As Wired‘s Charlie Sorrel said, books contain much of human knowledge, but they are quite hard to preserve or archive compared to other media. A setup invented by professor Masatoshi Ishikawa and his team at the University of Tokyo could change all of that. Ishikawa and company are working on…

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March 19th, 2010 by: Lambert Varias

Sticky Light Laser Scanner Follows Your Every Move

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The Sticky Light is an interactive plaything that’s capable of scanning movements in real time, and following them with a laser light beam.

The tracking technology, developed by the Department of Information Physics at the University of Tokyo’s Komuro Laboratory, Sticky Light uses a laser diode, a photodetector and a…

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August 22nd, 2009 by: Technabob

Neatdesk High-Speed Document Scanner: for the Oc in You

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The Neatdesk scanner from The Neat Company is touted as a digital filing cabinet. Thanks to its unique three-slot tray, Neatdesk can “scan up to 10 receipts, biz cards and standard-size documents in a single batch.” And if you have documents printed in A4-sized paper, just remove the tray and…

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June 5th, 2009 by: Lambert Varias

Handheld 3d Object Scanner

ZScanner 700 Portable 3D Scanner

The ZScanner 700 from Z Corp lets you scan three-dimensional objects without requiring any complex mounting hardware or tripods.

Typical 3D object scanners have to be mounted with a tripod or mounting arm, and it’s almost impossible to scan small, enclosed spaces or objects which could not be brought to…

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October 24th, 2006 by: Technabob

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