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  2. Google’s accessibility app Lookout can use your phone’s ...

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    Its latest version comes with a new "Find" mode that allows users to choose from seven item categories, including seating, tables, vehicles, utensils and bathrooms. When users choose a category ...

  3. Scan tool - Wikipedia

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    An automotive scan tool (scanner) is an electronic tool used to interface with, diagnose and, sometimes, reprogram vehicle control modules. [1] There are many types from just as many manufacturers, one of the most familiar being the Snap-On Inc. "brick", or MT2500/MTG2500. Snap-On, Hella Gutmann Solutions, OTC/SPX, Xtool india, Autel, Launch ...

  4. Optical mark recognition - Wikipedia

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    The first mark sense scanner was the IBM 805 Test Scoring Machine; this read marks by sensing the electrical conductivity of graphite pencil lead using pairs of wire brushes that scanned the page. In the 1930s, Richard Warren at IBM experimented with optical mark sense systems for test scoring, as documented in US Patents 2,150,256 (filed in ...

  5. Thieves now use “Shimmers” to grab Chip/PIN card data

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    New devices called Shimmers can now read your card number and, in certain instances, access your card’s chip. While the technique isn’t new – Shimmers began appearing in 2015 – they are ...

  6. Automatic identification and data capture - Wikipedia

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    Automatic identification and data capture. Automatic identification and data capture ( AIDC) refers to the methods of automatically identifying objects, collecting data about them, and entering them directly into computer systems, without human involvement. Technologies typically considered as part of AIDC include QR codes, [1] bar codes, radio ...

  7. Smart pen measures the dimensions of virtually any object

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    As you'd expect in this day and age, the 01 takes advantage of its link to your Android phone or iPhone. You can automatically log measurements and share them, and even adjust to scale if you're ...

  8. Microsoft's Seeing AI app can scan the boxes of Centrum ...

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    Users who are blind, have trouble reading or have low literacy can use the app to scan more than 1,500 Haleon products like Emergen-C, Sensodyne, Centrum and more, and their device will read out ...

  9. Azure’s Immersive Reader is now generally available

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    Microsoft says it saw a 560% increase in use of Immersive Reader from February to May, likely because a lot of people were starting to look for new online education tools as the COVID-19 pandemic ...

  10. How gadgets could unlock the potential of lucid dreaming

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    Awoken (Android) and Lucidity (iOS) for example operate more like training tools that leverage some of the tech in your phone. Every morning you can add to your dream journal and throughout the ...

  11. Contact image sensor - Wikipedia

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    Contact image sensors ( CIS) are image sensors used in flatbed scanners almost in direct contact with the object to be scanned. Charge-coupled devices (CCDs), the other kind of sensor often used in scanners, use mirrors to bounce light to a stationary sensor. Scanners using CISs are much smaller than ones that use CCDs, use typically a tenth as ...