Kat Kinkead and Peter Weijmarshausen met at their old company, Shapeways. Weijmarshausen recently stepped down as CEO and was looking for something cool to do when he and Kinkead realized that the mos
The Panoptic Studio is a new body scanner created by researchers at Carnegie Mellon University that will be used to understand body language in real situations. The scanner, which looks like something
We were all pretty excited when Consumer Physics showed us their hand-held molecular scanner at TechCrunch Disrupt two years ago. They garnered much praise here and all over the web for creating a han
Primitive cultures like my family believe that 3D scanning steals the essence of a person which is why we do not allow binocular vision in my home. The Eora 3D scanner, however, is allowed because it
I've had a love affair with <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2011/09/22/review-neatdesk-scanner-for-mac/">Neat scanners</a> for a while now and the company has just updated their roster with two new cl
Three guys from Provo, Utah set out on a mission to make QR codes, those boring pixellated, black-and-white squares come alive -- in other words, to extend their functionality by turning them into rea
<a href="https://techcrunch.com/tag/doxie">Doxie</a>, the cute but functional document scanner, last made waves with its ability to send scanned items to Evernote, Dropbox, or your iPhone. That functi
This thing has been sitting on my desk for most of the summer, like a sad-eyed puppy. It wanted me to review it, but like a petulant, spoiled child, I ignored it. "You're just a scanner," I said. "Who
<img src="http://www.crunchgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/CANOSCANLIDE210.jpg" />In the market for a scanner? Canon just announced they have two new scanners in their Canoscan LiDE product line c
<img src="http://www.crunchgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/doxie-00.jpg" />This is a great scanner for occasional scanning of single pages. It doesn't have an auto document feeder, so you're not g
Short Version: Tax season is upon us, friends, and wouldn’t those 1099s and W2s floating hither and yon would be much more accessible if they were nestled deep inside a searchable PDF? Sure. Tha
<img src="http://www.crunchgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/doxie-scanner.jpg" alt="doxie scanner" title="doxie scanner" />I have an ancient -- and gigantic -- Umax scanner I've been hanging onto f
<img src="http://www.crunchgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/scandesign.jpg" />This is a <a HREF="http://www.yankodesign.com/2009/01/29/slim-sexy-scanner-looks-like-a-saber/">scanner</a>. It may not
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I might be drinking too much tonight but isn't this teeny scanner a bit too small? Oh, wait... it'
These days, buying a regular printer sucks. You can get an all-in-one style machine that also scans and copies and faxes and makes coffee and spays your cat for not much more than a standard inkjet. T