Concept Gadgets: The Best Is Yet To Come : ScanU Scanner

By Kate Gammon , published on February 25, 2009 at 1:40 AM
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Scanners are definitely due for an update and this concept gadget is headed in the right direction. The ScanU is super-slim and portable. It is made up of three segments: the screen, the power unit, and the storage. The display screen is made of a three-layer roll-out scanning bed, where the upper and bottom layers are OLED screens and the central layer features capacitive touch sensors and photo sensors that capture the scanned data. Just roll it out and put the book or document on the screen to scan. ScanU has a USB interface on both the rechargeable battery and the flash-based memory unit, so transferring data out is pretty easy. ScanU can even read aloud from scanned documents.

Likelihood of being built: 8/10

There are products like the ScanU currently available, but none of them are as skinny or attractive. Having to plug into a USB port to get information out is a bit annoying though. The design would be stronger if it had wireless capabilities.
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scooterlibby 02/25/2009 2:47 PM
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Finally, the energy saving butt plug I was waiting for. Oh wait, bug plug?

hack__you 02/25/2009 3:19 PM
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they can put anti-dust coating and vibration to the blight for self cleaning ala dslr. a self-cleaning solar blinds, whoa what more could you ask for?

joebob2000 02/25/2009 6:12 PM
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Quote :I enjoy anything that displays basic information in a creative and elegant way–I’m talking to you, binary watch


This word you keep using, I do not think it means what you think it means...

ravenware 02/26/2009 4:42 AM
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The solar blinds are pretty sweet.

Anonymous 02/26/2009 10:09 AM
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very nice post and this blog is very luxury.........

solymnar 02/26/2009 7:12 PM
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"but how about using something other than bamboo once in a while? How about some domestically-grown, renewable soft wood?"

Bamboo is extremely durable and resistant to bacteria and disease, resists chipping and facturing from light, heat, and moisture stress.

Softwoods are structurally terrible for most things. It is highly unlikely you will ever see them used in this manner.

casylius 02/26/2009 9:19 PM
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Solar Blind - The cost of manufacture and maintain (cleaning) such complex device will outweight the benefit (electricity it generates). It is better to put the solar on the roof.

fudgeboy 02/27/2009 7:28 AM
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wow, i just heard about a fabric which supposedly does the same thing as the solar storage sheets. it was at the nano-tech show at the local uni.

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