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A book-reading scanner; Kindle for iPhone

The bathroom of the future; Students learn through robot battles
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A book-reading scanner; Kindle for iPhone

Keith Shaw By Keith Shaw
The BookReader V100 scanner offers 1200 by 1200 dpi scanning resolution, as well as optical character recognition software that converts printed text into a digital format. In addition, text-to-speech recognition software reads the digitally converted text back to you with a "human-sounding" voice. Read full story

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Today's most-read stories:

  1. Inexpensive scanners can 'fingerprint' paper
  2. Broadband stimulus funding timeline set by government
  3. Microsoft releases three updates for Windows
  4. Microsoft Windows on a mainframe?
  5. AT&T earmarks $11 billion for wireless, wireline broadband in '09
  6. Exchange alternatives: Pros and cons
  7. Google clarifies stance on paid apps
  8. Chinese newspaper says Apple prepping touch-screen netbook
  9. Gigabit Ethernet is the one bright spot
  10. Google blocks popular iPhone SMS app
  11. Microsoft TechFest: Commute UX dialog system for in-car infotainment


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