scanners - digitizers
Windows 7 Device Experiences: Authoring Experiences for Printers, Scanners, and Multifunction Printers
White Paper It provides guidelines for device partners to effectively create user device experiences for their printers, scanners, and MultiFunction Printers (MFPs). In Windows 7, Device Stage enables hardware manufacturers to... [31 Jul 2009]
Virtual strip scanners move closer for EU airports
News The EU has taken another step towards the introduction of "virtual strip search" full body scanners at airports. A workshop on aviation security and the use of full body scanners, which reveal a... [10 Nov 2008]
Body scanners to check UK rail passengers for bombs
News The government is planning to test the increased security checks at various stations to see how viable the scanners are when faced with thousands of daily commuters and other passengers. Airport-style scanning technology... [31 Oct 2005]
Welch Allyn puts bar code scanners through their paces
News Bar code specialist, Welch Allyn has conducted research into the accuracy of bar code scanners by putting 12 scanners from four different vendors through stringent testing. Dale-Lace would not divulge... [03 Nov 1998]
Super scanners at UK airports
News High tech security scanners that can slash queues are now in place at the UK's seven major airports. Explosives, guns, liquids and knives are easier for security staff to spot using about 200 dual-imaging cabin luggage... [09 Jul 2008]
UK government to fund 3D clothes scanners
News The UK government is funding a consortium of retail and technology companies to set up 3D scanners to provide accurate measurements for clothes. Under the Foresight Link programme, £3.4 m has been earmarked for the project. [04 Dec 1998]
Fingerprint scanners: Coming to a laptop near you?
News Fingerprint scanners typically use a flat sensor made of silicon or glass, depending on whether the device uses electrical differences or an optical image, respectively, to create a biometric. MicronPC launched a line of... [06 May 2003]
Mobile biometric scanners for all UK police
News Speaking at Biometrics Conference 2008 yesterday, Geoff Whitaker, CTO of biometrics at the National Policing Improvement Agency (NPIA), said other biometrics such as facial scans and the ability to access mug shots of suspects on the ... [22 Oct 2008]
Biometric scanners to delve inside your brain
News Scanners that probe brain activity and heart rate are among the next generation of biometric security sensors being developed by the EU. As part of an EU-backed trial, volunteers were sat in front of a camera and... [12 May 2009]
Photo Repair and 3D Structure From Flatbed Scanners
White Paper The paper introduces a technique that allows 3D information to be captured from a conventional flatbed scanner. The technique requires no hardware modification and allows untrained users to easily capture 3D datasets. [01 May 2009]
Police to test bomb-detecting body-scanners
News The government and police are planning to evaluate scanning technology that can see through clothes and detect concealed bombs and weapons on people following the suicide bomb attacks on London this month. [22 Jul 2005]
Photos: Artificial eyes and airport scanners - what's hot in R&D
Photo Before they became household names, technologies like ATMs, halogen lamps, fax machines and LCDs were recipients of R&D 100 Awards, given out annually by R&D Magazine. This year's winners represent a broad range of technologies - from... [21 Aug 2009]
NYC subway gets $212m high-tech anti-terror scanners
News Lockheed Martin has won a $212m contract to upgrade the electronic security and communications infrastructure of the New York City subway system to help protect it against terrorist attacks. The New York Metropolitan Transportation... [25 Aug 2005]
Virus alert: Melissa stalks UK corporates again
News The virus is slipping through virus scanners in an infected Microsoft Word 2001 for Macintosh document. MessageLabs is warning users to update scanners and be on the lookout for the document, which... [18 Jan 2001]
Password fatigue spells biometric PC boom
News According to Comet, PCs and laptops with fingerprint scanners made up around seven per cent of all May-to-July computer sales - a jump of 91 per cent on the preceding three months.silicon.com Retail & Leisure [15 Sep 2008]
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