Just when you thought the SOHO market was going sour, Toshiba has come along and dropped a couple of Multi-Function Printers just for that segment. The e-STUDIO180s and e-STUDIO200s will help your small or home office out by adding printing, scanning, copying, and faxing capabilities.
The e-STUDIO180s is a black and white printer, copier, and color scanner. The e-STUDIO200s is the same thing, but add the ability to fax.
Sharp has shown off an interesting new piece of technology in the form of a small 3.5-inch LCD screen that also doubles as a scanner.
“The screen, on show at the Ceatec exhibition, features an optical scanner for each LCD pixel, and could also be used to recognise fingers or other objects.” Just imagine if something like this were incorporated into a mobile phone. If someone were to say, hand you a business card, you could simply place it on the screen and scan it. Or, you could have a biometric lock on your phone.
Fujitsu unveiled the world’s first palm reader mouse that works as a computer mouse and security clearance system by scanning and reading the pattern of veins in the user’s palm.
No one uses 35mm cameras anymore. Okay, most people don’t use them, I still know a few photographers that refuse to move into the digital age because they think the older 35mm film has a better look to it. Regardless if you have upgraded to digital, you’re bound to have some negatives or slides lying around. What to do with them?
3D scanning technology is cool, but unfortunately it requires complex equipment that will cost you a good chunk of change. That, or you can just make your own with stuff you have lying around.
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