3D scanners are getting better at creating 3D models of real-world objects, but consumer-grade devices tend to only handle small items, or scan with a low resolution. Now, German research institute ...

It seems more science fiction than present-day health care, but Carolinas HealthCare System is in the midst of installing hand scanners that will identify patients. The scanners use "near-infrared" ...

<TAB>New Haven, Conn., is among the first in the nation to use infrared scanners that read license plates on moving and parked cars, giving officials immediate access to a database of police and tax ...

Infrared 3D scanners have been used in video games for quite some time. Whereas in video games the scanners are, for example, only able to identify if a player throws his arms up in the air while ...