October 07, 2009 - Equipped with a barcode scanner and navigation system, the hypermarket vehicle UNIT also has an electric motor (which charges when you park) and a basket that can change in volume depending on how much space you need—so you don’t need to bend down...

August 10, 2009 - Instead of reading the text aloud, the scanner-like device is placed over the pages of a book and converts the text to braille, so that the reader can scan over the pages. While this design is slightly bulky given it seems like a scanner, it still...

July 12, 2009 - ...Scanner and the Dimension uPrint Personal 3D Printer. The total cost of the two machines is about $18,000 combined, but that’s nothing when you consider that many of Jay Leno’s cars are so rare (like his 1907 White Steamer) that finding parts...

July 02, 2009 - The VIOlight Cell Phone Sanitizer cleans your phone by using germicidal UV light. Killing 99.9% of surface bacteria, the Cell Phone Sanitizer works like a scanner and kills germs in a matter of minutes.

April 10, 2009 - The new Porsche Design P9522 phone was officially released Thursday. It is gorgeous, with an easy-to-understand touchscreen interface. You’ll feel like a super-sleuth when you unlock the P9522 via fingerprint scanner.

April 07, 2009 - I never thought I’d say this, but I really want a Snowcorn! This innovative gizmo is a multi-functional miniature projector, camera and Wi-Fi connector that straps onto your hand like a bracelet, or can be worn around your neck.

April 05, 2009 - The ScanDock for iPhone is a simple corrugated cardboard rig designed to make it easy to scan documents with your iPhone. If you’ve ever attempted to scan a document by just holding up your phone, you’ll know that a blurry image is often the result.

March 31, 2009 - Neuro-Marketing involves hooking humans up to an fMRI or Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging scanner, which measures the magnetic properties of hemoglobin (the component in red blood cells that carry oxygen) in their brains.

March 23, 2009 - Luxury luggage maker Heys USA is gearing up to introduce the first biometric suitcase, aptly named the BioCase. There are no keys needed to unlock this case, only the owner’s fingers. The built-in biometric scanner memorizes up to eight...

March 14, 2009 - NextEngine’s 3D scanner system has the ability to reproduce items in plastic, much like a photocopier duplicates two-dimensional text and pictures. By using a laser to scan a three-dimensional object, an image is digitized, and then “printed” or...