A maker has built a standalone 3D LiDAR scanner that turns an inexpensive rotating LiDAR module into a wireless spatial-mapping device. The scanner rotates the sensor to collect distance measurements ...

The Department of Homeland Security is expanding its capacity to scan irises as part of its mass deportation efforts, a move that has raised concerns among privacy experts that the agency, flush with ...

Dedicated scanners are now something of a niche need. Most people who own a scanner only ended up with one because it was attached to the home office printer they bought to print return labels. Since ...

Sydney Butler is a technology writer with over 20 years of experience as a freelance PC technician and system builder and over a decade as a professional writer. He's worked for more than a decade in ...

Patrick Campanale has been in the tech space for well over a decade, specializing in PC/gaming news and reviews, as well as maker-focused products to build small businesses. With a start in technology ...

Fans of legendary director David Cronenberg love to talk about gross body horror. It’s what made The Fly (1986) arresting and Videodrome (1983) provocative. In all the obsession around Cronenberg’s ...

GE Profile has launched a brand-new smart fridge at CES 2026, sporting one unique feature we've never seen before. It could forever change the way you shop for groceries and manage other household ...

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Abstract: The design and development of an ESP32-based Smart Billing Trolley that incorporates a barcode scanner, a TFT display interface, and Wi-Fi Over-The-Air updates. The system lessens reliance ...

Going through old papers is always a chore. Nobody wants to dive into a pile of boxes, drawers, and cabinets overflowing with receipts, or legal documents, or even old photos. Remnants of the ...

This project uses Grocy, ESPHome, an M5 AtomS3 ESP32 module and a Tecor IS-5700DB handheld barcode scanner to help with household inventory tracking. It connects to a Grocy instance via wifi and can ...

Digital driver’s licenses — now being built in many states — have a big problem that almost nobody is addressing: the likelihood that once they make it very frictionless to share our ID, we are likely ...