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• n  the process of translating photographs into a digital form that can be recognized by a computer
• n  the act of systematically moving a finely focused beam of light or electrons over a surface in order to produce an image of it for analysis or transmission
• v  examine minutely or intensely
• v  examine hastily
• v  make a wide, sweeping search of
• v  conform to a metrical pattern
• v  move a light beam over; in electronics, to reproduce an image
• v  read metrically
• v  obtain data from magnetic tapes

• Finger scanning is a type of biometric, or a form of identification.
• He speculates that if belief brain scanning were sufficiently refined it could act as an accurate lie detector and help control for the placebo effect in drug design.
• Use the scanning wand to swipe the UPC code on the box and the oven will recognize the item and set itself.

• scan
• skim
• rake
• glance over
• run down
• read

News & Articles

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• Laser Scanning Reveals the Hidden City of Angkor Wat
  Airborne laser scanning technology, or LiDAR, has revealed the imprint of a vast urban landscape hidden in the jungles and lowlands surrounding Angkor Wat.        
  June 21, 2013 - Wired News
• Card Scanning Solutions lands new equity investment
  CULVER CITY, Calif., June 19, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Card Scanning Solutions (CSSN), the leading provider of Identity Solutions software for reading data from driver licenses, medical cards, and other official ...
  June 19, 2013 - PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance
• Laser Scanning Reveals New Parts of an Ancient Cambodian City
  LIDAR technology continues to reveal archeological evidence of urbanization Airborne laser scanning has revealed the remnants of a vast urban structure in the vicinity of Angkor Wat , a famous temple in Cambodia. The study, which will be published soon in the journal PNAS , follows a previous one that showed Angkor Wat to have been one of the world’s most complex preindustrial cities.
  June 18, 2013 - Technology Review

Quotes

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• Siim Kallas in The Australian
  It is for each member state to decide to authorise the use of scanners in national airports. That will not change,Transport Commissioner Siim Kallas said. "But where this scanning technology is used it should be covered by EU-wide...
• Beth Phoenix in Reuters UK
  This is the first time I've been in a videogame and it's been great, as a gamer, to learn about the entire process from the facial scanning to voice acting,said Phoenix.
• David Cage in The Gamer Headlines
  When the kid comes in with the skateboard, and the laser ray, scanning the skateboard, and then it's in the game:Cage said dubiously.