North Dakota State University graduate student Daniel Reetz is attracting worldwide attention for a do-it-yourself book scanner he invented. The 28-year-old created the scanner a year ago out of cheap ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Technology journalist specializing in audio, computing and Apple Macs. Scanners normally come in three flavors: flatbed, film and ...

T he IRIScan Book 7 ($169) is a hand-operated wand scanner that’s small enough to bring with you almost anywhere. You could use it to scan printed words and images, whether they’re in books, magazines ...

Accessing a plethora of information through portable devices is something much more practically beneficial than carrying books and documents around! Where books and documents give you excess weight ...

Despite some reservations about the build quality and how robust this equipment might be in the longer term, I can’t deny that it does what CZUR claims. It capably scans books and documents up to A3.

TOKYO, April 16 (Reuters Life!) - Simply flipping through a book may not seem like the best to way to scan it, but a Japanese research group at Tokyo University has created new software that allows ...