All the stories tagged with scan
New Face-Scanning Technology Can Spot Drunks
09/04/2012, Having drunk people in a crowd or at a public place is usually not be a good idea. While not everyone indulges in brawls when drunk, a crowd of sober persons is definitely lot more preferable. However, it is very [...]
Junaio 3.0: Universal Scanner to “Scan the World”
08/29/2011, Junaio is one of the top augmented reality mobile browsers out there; the two most famous competitors are Wikitude and Layar. Today, metaio, the developer behind the application, is releasing Junaio 3.0 with a key feature labeled “Scan The [...]
New software removes “naked” body scans (airport security)
07/20/2011, Airport security is never easy. Ever since the rise of aircraft-related crimes in recent years, the country has taken serious measures to ensure the safety of its flight crew and passengers on planes. One of the measures implemented to counter [...]
Google and the British Library plan to digitize 250,000 out-of-copyright books
06/20/2011, Great news for fans out old, out-of-print literature that’s practically impossible to get your hands on nowadays. The British Library and Google have announced that they will be working together to digitize 250,000 out-of-copyright books from the Library’s collections (from [...]
Hipscan makes QR codes cool again
06/16/2011, Everything seems to be about NFC these days, but when there are more phones on the market that are unable to scan NFC cards compared to those that can, it’s catching on pretty slowly. However, most phones (if not all [...]
Stery-Hand makes sure you wash your hands properly
04/04/2011, When you wash your hands, how do you know if your hands are clean enough? Most of the time you don’t really know. A test would be to eat food using your bare hands and see if you get sick [...]
Researchers try to determine if you’re a pro gamer with science
01/13/2011, Are researchers running out of things to research about? Probably not, but a group of psychology professors at the University of Illinois have been doing some research and discovered that you can tell how gifted someone is at gaming by [...]
HoverCam Office Cameras scan office documents instantly
01/05/2011, [CES 2011] Pathway Innovations and Technologies are set to show off their new HoverCam Office Cameras at CES this week. These special cameras, specifically designed to scan office documents instantly instead of scanning them line-by-line in a sweeping motion like [...]
Concept: Document Extractor Monitor Allows You To Easily Print Or Scan Documents
11/28/2010, This Document Extractor concept monitor is something that many folks would love to have, regardless of whether they’re in a home or office environment. This monitor supports multi-touch input and allows the user to easily select a portion of the [...]
Tobii S32 recorded speech device
08/12/2010, The Tobii S32 recorded speech device is a unique gadget that enables one to communicate using pre-recorded messages which can be activated at the touch of a finger. Apart from pre-recorded messages, it also handles sounds or IR-signals simply by [...]
