Photon X Inc. developing advanced scanner for the Air Force

In case you were worried about Full Body Scanners at US International airports, this particular new technology being developed by Photon-X Inc. for the Air Force might set you on edge more than just a little bit. Apparently, they want to develop a camera that can use spacial measurements, infrared and visible light, in ...

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Canon Launches The CanoScan LiDE 110 And 210

Recently, Canon developed two new models as a continuation of their CanoScan LiDE Color Image series. The new scanners known as the 110 and 210 were designed for high speed functionality while maintaining image quality of the original pictures that get scanned. The CanoScan LiDE 110 carries a high optical resolution of 2400 ...

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Virtobot Scanners to do Virtual Autopsies

The future of making better autopsies may have finally arrived with the Virtobot Scanners. This is a robot-scanning creation currently used at the University of Bern’s Institute of Forensic Medicine. With the Virtobot, corpses are simply slid within the 3D scanner and that machine does the rest. The cool part here is that there is no ...

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Short Film Made Entirely from a Scanner

Who says scanners are being forgotten in the world of creativity and image acquisition? With some creativity and common sense, you can produce a short film with it if you really try. Don’t believe me? Well just take a look at the video below. Titled Memoirs of a Scanner, Mindfruit Films certainly made an impressive ...

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New Agfaphoto Scanners: AS 1100, 1111, 1300 and 1300Pro

Agfaphoto has presented their new line of photo scanners, which include the AS 1110/1111, AS 1300 and AS 1300Pro. The 4 new models will become available for purchase in September 2009, and the price ranges from $114 to $170. The AS 1110 and 1111 only differ in one detail which is the color, there are black ...

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Innovative Technology 35mm Negative and Slide Converter to PC

As far as taking pictures are concerned, some of the precious memories are still stored somewhere in 35mm negative formats. And while we have seen some scanners do the trick by simply scanning and then resizing them, here is a machine that automatically converts them without much effort. The machine in mention is this Innovative Technology ...

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Doxie Document Scanner Revealed

Document scanning has become the new recourse for people who want to make sure that they have an able backup file (image file) for important documents. We have seen a lot of them done through the default scanners available in the market but it looks like there is now one that specifically caters to document ...

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Plustek OpticBook A300 Flatbed Scanner

Plustek unveils a new member for their OpticBook family of scanners with the A300. This new scanner is intended to help in the scanning of books or any bound material which many find hard to scan on the standard scanners in the market today. This new scanner is capable of scanning 12 x 17-inch A3 ...

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Canon Unveils ImageFORMULA DR-6010C Departmental Scanner

Canon unveils a new scanner for the business setting as it unveils the ImageFORMULA DR-6010C departmental scanner. Building upon its highly successful and award-winning line of departmental scanners, the DR-6010C delivers flexibility, high-speed, reliable document handling and superior image quality in a small footprint design. The DR-6010C joins the imageFORMULA DR-4010C to strengthen Canon’s scanning ...

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