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scanners
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]
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 »
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 »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 »
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 »
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. More »
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 »
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 »
gadgets
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.
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The Music-Playing HP Scanjet
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »








