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scanners

DL 3000 Book Scanner Goes Through 3,000 Pages per Hour

Scanning a book manually is a colossal pain in the ass. Scanning a book with the DL 3000 Book Scanner, on the other hand, is easy and hypnotizing. Just look at that sucker go! It can scan a whopping 3,000 pages per hour, tearing through a whole stack of books every day. Want one? Too bad: this guy will run you $250,000. [Red Ferret via Boing Boing Gadgets]

1:00 PM on Thu Apr 24 2008
By Adam Frucci
13,845 views, 64 comments

photography

Photograph-to-Digital-Picture Converter Sounds A Lot Like "Scanner"

Goofy gadget masters Hammacher Schlemmer are back at it again with a Photograph-to-Digital-Picture Converter that takes your old paper snapshots, and well, digitizes them. Now we know what you're thinking—isn't this just a scanner with a more complicated name?—and at first, I was inclined to agree. But digging deeper I found that this may not be a bad specialty box for $150. More »

3:30 PM on Tue Apr 22 2008
By Benny Goldman
7,469 views, 21 comments

hp

HP Refuses to Update Certain Printer Drivers For Leopard, Recommends New Model Instead

Is it reasonable to expect a company to update drivers for a new operating system if an all-in-one printer is only four years old? We'd think so, but HP is having none of this for their Officejet 6110. When Matt asked HP for updated drivers for OS X Leopard, HP told him that printing will still work, but scanning was out of the question (unless he previously updated from a 10.3 or 10.4 system with the scanning software already installed). HP did say that he could trade in his printer for $16, which actually isn't all that bad for a four-year-old model. More »

6:00 PM on Sat Mar 15 2008
By Jason Chen
6,980 views, 54 comments

Latest by n/a: Has anyone noticed that HP ran a major PR campaign last Fall claiming support for "1000+" HP printers on Leopard? They even have a webpage that lists them: [h10025.www1.hp.com] Well, my OfficeJet G85 was on this list so I took the plunge more »

speedy scanner

Epson's V500 Color Scanner Works Fast, Lets You Blow Up Pics

Epson has debuted its new color scanner. Aimed at amateur photo freaks in a hurry, the V500 cuts warm-up time and scanning time, meaning you can get through a pile of negs, slides and photos in less time than other scanners, thanks to its ReadyScan LED technology. More »

4:09 AM on Fri Aug 24 2007
By AddyDugdale
3,930 views, Comment

brain scanner

Hitachi's Portable Mind Reader Shoots Lasers at Your Brain

When they're not busy making plasmas or announcing hard drives, the folks at Hitachi are out making mind readers. The one shown here is a 14-ounce headset that measures real-time brain data by shooting harmless lasers at your brain. Why would you wanna do that? More »

12:10 PM on Wed May 23 2007
By Louis Ramirez
1,873 views, 10 comments

the anti-shredder

Special Software Has the Brains to Piece Back Shredded Files

Researchers in Germany have developed a software program that can re-assemble shredded documents. The software relies on special algorithms to help piece everything back together as it scans and analyses documents based on their color, shape, handwriting, texture and typeface. The software can even piece together files shredded by machines, which I find both cool and a little nerve-racking to be honest. – Louis Ramirez More »

11:42 AM on Fri May 11 2007
By Louis Ramirez
2,389 views, 20 comments

possio

Possio GRETA Combination Printer, Scanner, Fax and Cellphone

Possio used 3GSM to launch the GRETA GSM Fax & Printer. This all-in-one unit combines, you guessed it, a fax machine, printer, copier, scanner... and a cellphone? Well, you can make cellular calls with it, but it's not exactly the size of most cellphones. What Possio was smoking when they came up with that idea we'll never know, but it could be useful for all those so-called road warriors, busily working from the road. The device hooks up to a PC via a USB connection and, in the words of Steve Jobs, boom! instant office. More »

9:06 AM on Mon Feb 12 2007
By Gizloco
7,108 views, 7 comments

Latest by katana: Um, how weird. more »

gadgets

Copyright-Violating Scanner is Designed for Books

Scanning books sucks, as you always end up breaking the spine of the book to get the pages to lay flat. You guys know what I'm talking about. More »

11:45 AM on Fri Feb 9 2007
By Adam Frucci
795 views, 12 comments

gadgets

The Music-Playing HP Scanjet

This has to be the best use of a scanner since that time in 10th grade when we made fake IDs to get into Girl Scout Camp on Lake Brastrap. – Jason Chen More »

9:10 PM on Mon Jan 29 2007
By Jason Chen
1,350 views, 26 comments

scanners

Scanpen Now in Color

The old grey lady reports on a new blue pen: one that scans in color, has 8MB of built-in flash memory and a microSD card slot to add more. More »

12:53 PM on Sat Apr 8 2006
By Robb
841 views, Comment

peripherals

Home-Made Book Scanner

Who needs a $35,000 book scanner when you can just make one of your own with mostly household items? Most of this project was constructed with the help of an eraser and Legos. It uses the eraser to act as a grip for the page turner and an upside-down Epson scanner that is hooked up to an average laptop. More »

2:00 PM on Wed Feb 22 2006
By Travis Hudson
1,881 views, 8 comments

peripherals

ATIZ BookDrive Automatic Book Scanner

ATIZ has developed an automatic book scanner that is of a somewhat-reasonable size. There are a couple other automatic book scanners out there but they are huge machines according to Art Sarasin, president of ATIZ. This machine uses a page-turning mechanism. It connects via USB 2.0 and all you do is designate how many pages you want to scan and it does the rest of the work. If you want the ease of this, you will have to pay for it. They are currently taking a preorders and it will be available next month for a hefty $35,000. More »

2:41 PM on Sun Feb 19 2006
By Travis Hudson
4,213 views, 6 comments

Latest by The Brain: Or you could buy a computer and scanner and hire an intern for the same amount with the added benefit of EMPLOYING A HUMAN FOR A CHANGE. more »

peripherals

Plustek Slim Feeding Scanner

Plustek is releasing a compact, sheetfed scanner than will better accommodate the road warriors out there who need a good scanning solution. One of the appealing points about this scanner is the ability to power it over the USB port. Additionally the software allows for one-touch PDF scanning, OCR support and also brochure, photo and business card scanning. This scanner is available for $179. More »

4:25 PM on Sun Feb 12 2006
By Travis Hudson
507 views, 1 comment

digital cameras

Scanning Into Another Dimension


Perhaps you've heard of innovative artists picking up a Playskool kids' camcorder or a photocopying machine and then taking advantage of the quirks and distortions of these murky media, resulting in surreal works of art. Here's a hardware-hacking photog who's somehow modified a flatbed scanner, turning it into a large-format digital camera. Michael Golembewski took apart a Canon LIDE 20 scanner and lashed it onto an old large-format Horseman 450L monorail 4x5 camera. Apparently Michael removed the lamp from the scanner and carefully made it light-tight using a combination of duct tape, putty and black spraypaint. Let's let Michael explain the rest: More »

9:37 AM on Fri Jan 20 2006
By Charlie White
227 views, 2 comments

Latest by Littlebitsofpaper: Not so fast ... This is exactly how scanning digital backs work, you just use a higher resolution scanner that is only 4x5 inches or whatever you're attaching it to. Do the math on this one, the LIDE is more »

low end theory

Low End Theory


ShackWatch Cometh


By Brendan I. Koerner More »