Like a bored child who can’t be bothered to read, this robot flips from page to page. This odd contraption is actually a new way to scan and digitize the world’s books — at a speed of 250 pages per ...

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 ...

Scanners for loose papers have become so commonplace that almost every printer includes one, but book scanners have remained frustratingly rare for non-librarians and archivists. [Brad Mattson] had ...

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 ...

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 ...

Scanners for loose papers have become so commonplace that almost every printer includes one, but book scanners have remained frustratingly rare for non-librarians and archivists. [Brad Mattson] had ...

I've been trying to digitize some of my old books and comics, and I purchased a Plustek Opticbook 4800 scanner for the job (because some of these are comics, overhead scanners, or ones without platens ...