Nikon Super Coolscan 9000 ED - 4000 dpi - Film scanner (35 mm)
Pacific Image PowerSlide 3650 - 3600 dpi x 3600 dpi - Film scanner
Kodak I1860 - 300 dpi - Document scanner
Braun MULTIMAG Slide Scanner 4000 for 35mm Transparencies
Firewire provides your computer with a high-speed modular interconnect system with speeds that rival that of USB. Firewire makes a good bridge for digital image scanners, because it provides high bandwidth and is easily unplugged and reconnected. Which of these great Firewire scanners do you like the best for capturing images over Firewire?
A slide scanner,used to be the only way to get high-resolution images into a computer. Digital cameras were still in their infancy when people in the journalism field first made the leap to digital production, and the slide scanner was a reliable part of every dark room and photo desk. Which of these great slide scanners do you like the best?
VuPoint PDS-ST410-VP Magic Wand Portable DC 8.5 x 11" Scanner
HP CapShare 920 - 300 dpi x 300 dpi - Hand-held scanner
ALESTRON WPSPRO1EN Intelligent Handheld Scanner Text Scanner and
C-Pen Mobile Handheld OCR Scanner Pen Supports 238 Languages CPen20
A hand held scanner is a useful portable peripheral that turns your notebook computer into a mobile document capture station. These simple devices from various manufacturers take document scanning off the desk top and out into the archives and research stacks where it belongs. Which of these great hand held scanners would you most likely use to collect scans in the wild?
Lomographic Society Diana Mini 35mm Half Frame Camera
While advancements in digital photography have made taking pictures accessible to pretty much everybody, there's still something to be said for high-quality 35mm photos shot on film. Digital sensors are as yet unable to correct6ly capture the full beauty and mystery of a scene the way traditional films do. Which of these 35mm cameras do you prefer for taking the perfect photos?
A good pair of birding binoculars increases the chance of spotting, identifying and getting detailed information about particular bird species. Binoculars for bird watching or birding binoculars need to have certain features, such as good magnification, design and fast reacting focus.
The new Notion Ink Adam tablet is an amazing portable computing solution from a developer in India. It makes used of the ubiquitous Android operating system, so there are many great applications that will run on the computer already available on the Android Marketplace. Which of these great free productivity applications will you most likely use on your Adam tablet when they finally come out?
A good portable generator will provide you with ample power to run your various electronic devices whenever and wherever the power might go out. If you want to ensure that you're never left stranded without adequate electrical power, than one of these devices should provide exactly the solution you need. Which of these great portable generators do you like the best?
Digital cameras with image sensors greater that 10 megapixels can be a good choice for most amateur photo enthusiasts as they can give you excellent pictures in most situations. Which model would you recommend?
University of Tokyo, Japan. A system developed by lab members Takashi Nakashima and Yoshihiro Watanabe, lets you scan a book by rapidly flipping its pages in front of a high-speed camera. They call this method book flipping scanning. According to Automaton blogger Erico Guizzo, they can digitize a 200-page book in one minute, and hope to make that even faster.
