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I have an earlier version of this scanner - very cool for rapid capture of barcodes.

Use checkout code FLIC15 for a 15% discount.

Quoted: Simple and Affordable Laser Bar Code Scanner. Connects to computers using USB or Serial cable. (USB Cable accessory not included). Microvision Bar Code Scanners

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Video demo of ZXing barcode scanner by the developer.

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Quoted: The Epson Perfection V500 Photo is one of the most impressive scanners yet for the price, delivering high-quality, fast scans in fully automatic mode.

Angry IP scanner is a very fast IP scanner and port scanner. It can scan IP addresses in any range as well as any their ports. Its binary file size is very small compared to other IP or port scanners.

People have said it's the only non-Apple technology device that they love. It's a little pricey at $440.

Quoted: You can take a bunch of pieces of paper, scan in both sides, capture it to PDF, OCR it, make it search-able, save it to disk... all by pressing one button.

Get a cheap ($15) USB bar code reader from Library Thing. I have a more expensive reader that I used to scan many of the UPC's from the home library (for import to Library Thng).

From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuecat -
Quoted: In June 2005, a liquidator offered two million CueCats for sale at $0.30 each (in quantities of 500,000 or more).

3D scanning and printing - several commercial services and devices are available now.

Quoted: Laser scanners with arrays of cameras can create digital models of objects that encode all the significant bumps, cracks, corners and facets of real things.

Pretty cool - saw this on an Ad on our front page!

Quoted: New Multi-Laser Scanning Technology + full color surface. $2495. Exports OBJ, STL, VRML + more. Tech specs, demo, scan gallery, online store.