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Sonar DIY – How to Make Sonar-Like Radar Visualizer for an Ultrasonic Scanner!

Posted on November 17, 2009 by max

Good morning!  Here’s a rather interesting DIY that shows you how to make a sonar-like radar visualizer for an ultrasonic scanner.  Now, I th

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Cool DIY 3D Scanner!

Posted on May 7, 2009 by max

video://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXew1ectMqs

Several students from the Cornell Masters program have devised a cool DIY 3D scanner, might want to reference for future projects:(via hackedgadgets)

Our project implements the hardware necessary for a laser triangulation 3D scanner as well as a PC user interface for controlling the scanner and acquiring data via an Ethernet co

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Arduino Hack – How to Make your Own Knight Rider Scanner!

Posted on April 8, 2009 by max

My old friend Garrett Mace over at MaceTech.com (also @macegr on Twitter) has been tinkering and released his own ShiftBrite RGB LED module.  It’s currently out of stock but he says he will have more of them soon.  (You can also check out Garrett’s previous DIYs he did on Zedomax.com here)

You can make an easy Knight Rider Scanner with these

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Tax DIY – How to Digitize and Simplify Your Taxes and Receipts!

Posted on March 15, 2009 by max

I have to admit to being busy last whole week due to the fact that I have been doing my taxes.

This year, I did things a little different.  Since the IRS now lets you have digital copies of all your receipts, I decided it’s finally time to throw away all my files and receipts.

So, I “scanned” every one of my receipts and related-tax documents into JPEG image files, PDFs, and Word documents.

Why?

Well, think of it this way, how would you like to show IRS all your receipts and tax history on your Blackberry or

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ScanRobot is a Book Scanning Robot!

Posted on September 8, 2008 by max

ScanRobot is a Book Scanning Robot!

video://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y16rNqnxj0U

Here’s a cool ScanRobot, a robot that can scan books and turn libraries into terabytes of harddrives.

Future of digital libraries, here we come!

The book scanner ScanRobot® has been developed for the digitisation of huge book inventories. The book scanner has the ability to turn the pages automatically and to to scan a whole book at once.

The new and patented scanning technology of the ScanRobot® allows absolutely distortion free images and the g

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Integrated Desk with embedded PC and Fold-Away Monitor

Posted on May 17, 2008 by max

Wow, check this integrated desk with embedded PC and fold-away monitor!  Great concept, maybe Apple might go for something like this.

It’d be even better if you could do “dual-monitor” setup.

Besides being absolutely beautiful, this Sync Desktop concept from designer Gareth Battensby features a fold-away widescreen monitor and keyboard, a built in USB hub, scanner, mouse, webcam, easy-to-access DVD unit, and plenty of storage space. And because it is all seamlessly integrated into the design, the Sync ca

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Scan Your Face for PC Security!

Posted on May 11, 2008 by max

video://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E5rSHoYuONE

Here’s a really interesting face scanner security for your PC. I don’t know how their secure the software is but the face recognition technology looks pretty valid.

XID Technologies has recently made a new option available for protecting your own computer: a biometric PC access application called Face LogOn Xpress. In plain English, that’s a face scan. Now, instead of limiting your PC security to a password (or a fingerprint scan, for some devices), you can install a program that s

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DIY HACK – How to use your Optical Mouse as a scanner!

Posted on May 1, 2008 by max

Here’s a really cool hack that let’s you use your optical mouse as a scanner.

Are you using an optical mouse right now? Ever wanted to see your desktop through the eye on the bottom of it? Me neither, I already know I have to clean my desktop 🙂

People get bored sometimes, and when I get bored I sometimes open up stuff to find out what makes

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Add a Bar-code Scanner to ur App

Posted on August 16, 2006 by max

Do u need a Bar-code scanner for your app?

Today we will try to use a Metrologic Voyager Bar-code scanner to scan a coke bottle, Jagermeister bottle, CT1721 Start Kit Bard code label, and yes, UPS tracking number.

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