Who should get a cheap flatbed scanner In an age of smartphone scanning apps, affordable all-in-one printers, and portable document scanners that can fit in a messenger bag, standalone flatbed ...

Want to scan in real-life objects and reproduce them on your 3-D printer? An independent Latvian hacker has already beaten bigger industry rivals like MakerBot in the 3-D scanner game with this ...

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Listening to police and fire calls used to be a pretty simple proposition: buy a scanner, punch in some frequencies — or if you’re old enough, buy the right crystals — and you’re off to the races. It ...

With the introduction of the Kinect, obtaining a 3D representation of a room or object became a much easier task than it had been in the past. If you lack the necessary cash for one however, you have ...

I don't think there are any inexpensive stand-alone USB scanners with Carbonized drivers yet. For use in the Classic mode, the Canon "N" series scanners are nice because they are so small. Mediocre ...

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