This project shows how an outdated flatbed scanner was turned into a cheap digital camera that can scan its surroundings. During the assembly, the scanner was disassembled and the electronics was ...

this is really neat, a fellow starting playing around with his scanner and actually made it in to a digital camera. now you might be thinking, why? this was done back in 2000 when 2mp cameras were ...

The USB-powered HoverCam all-in-one scanner is designed to put the flatbed scanner to sleep – permanently. It takes a snapshot of the document placed beneath its lens in a split second, much like a ...

If you have ever played around with macro photography, you’ll know how hard it is to get a focused image of something that isn’t two-dimensional. For virtually every 3D object, you’ll have to deal ...

Here at the G-Lab we love Make, the magazine for hackers, modders and DIY freaks. And, by extension, we dig Makezine, the online home of the mag. Sometimes the projects are a little too ambitious (DIY ...

I started out in film and I have a big collection of analog negatives and transparencies, particularly 35mm black-and-white ...

Many flatbed scanners have an optional transparency hood with a second tube that travels above the glass platen to backlight transparent materials. The ScanMaker 5 works in a different way, using a ...

I have one of Doxie’s neat candybar-shaped paper scanners, and it’s great for getting through piles of paper. I can scan bills, flyers, photos and even whole books – I ripped all the pages from a ...