A Spectra Physics Model A supermarket scanner—one of the first ten ever produced. A laser within the unit projects a beam onto a mirror that redirects it through the glass plate on the top. Cade ...

[Kyle] came across a project which he thinks is “simply elegant”. If you don’t already have a PCB vice, here’s an easy way to build one of your own. This one’s so good but alas it’s not a hack. Check ...

For as long as police officers and other first responders have been communicating with each other over the radio, there have been enthusiasts and other casual listeners eavesdropping on them using ...

The Quick Response code, more popularly referred to as a QR code, has really taken off in recent years, and it's easy to see why. Though COVID-19 helped mainstream it, these codes make sharing ...

Need to scan family photos, piles of documents, or expense receipts? Our experts have tested the best options for every scanning scenario. Since 2004, I have worked on PCMag’s hardware team, covering ...

The old gen 1 Kinect has seen a fair bit of use in the field of making 3D scans out of real world scenes. Now that Xbox 360 Kinects are winding up at yard sales and your local Goodwill, you might even ...

Time to convert your snapshots, slides, and negatives to digital format? Get the job done quickly with the right photo scanner. Here are the top performers in our testing, based on our deep-dive ...

Today's all-in-one printers suffice for the occasional scan, but photo buffs and family archivists alike turn to dedicated photo scanners to digitize their prints and film. High sensor resolutions and ...

This is the SparkFun Arduino library for the Texas Instruments TMAG5273 low-power linear 3D Hall-effect sensor with I 2 C interface. This SparkFun Arduino Library for the Texas Instruments TMAG5273 ...

Before we start with the Scan App, the scanner’s OEM may have its own scanner software, which can assist you with scanning documents. I would suggest you have a look at it as well as it can offer some ...

The Seeed_Arduino_SSCMA library is designed to enable Arduino hosts to communicate with sensors equipped with the SSCMA-Micro firmware. This library provides the necessary drivers to facilitate ...