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How to Make Vintage-Looking Photos With a Scanner
It's like the better our cameras get, the bigger our urge to make pictures look old and vintage-y.
First there was Poladroid to make your photos look like now-defunct Polaroids, and now I've found a tutorial from Make that teaches you to turn an old flatbed scanner into a scanner camera that produces noir-ish black and whites, like in this dog picture.
Are you into making your photos look rad and old?
Portable Scanner DocuPen Brings Out Inner Bond
One of my favorite parts of spy movies, aside from hotties like Daniel Craig, are the fabulous gadgets that aid the spy in hunting down the bad guys and uncovering deep dark secrets. When they're not saved in encrypted files, those secrets are often hidden on manuscripts and if the spy is lucky, he'll have a nifty scanner ring, camera or locket to record his findings.
I'm no 007, but the prospect of using a Docupen portable scanner was pretty alluring.
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High Tech Grocery Cart: Love It or Leave It?
How would you like it if grocery carts had touch screens and barcode scanners that you could use to get nutritional info and environmental impact info from about various foods? The Technology Services Company, EDS, outlined in a recent paper that grocery carts with computer screens would be a practical and cost-effective solution to consumers who like knowing about the foods they consume— even though most said they preferred reading labels directly from the box. Considering the fact that people steal shopping carts minus any high tech trinkets, I can only imagine how crazy thieves would go over these!
Gadget for the Germ-a-phobe
I've become more germaphobic as I age. Maybe I got a little of the Howard Hughes in me. But it is difficult to swab down anything electronic with alcohol - like a key board for instance.
Brilliant or Baffling? Business Card Scanner
If you're a busy networking bee then your wallet may soon become home to more than just cash and old receipts. You'd be surprised how quickly a business card collection can grow into a small stack that sits, unorganized, in your wallet. A solution may be to get a business card scanner ($150) that would easily organize all of your contacts.
Daily Tech: Picture Peek at Windows 7
- Picture peek at Windows 7 — Crave
- Will Google blend search and music with One Box? — CNET
- Windows 7 is more popular than Harry Potter — PC World
- GE shows off pocket-size ultrasound scanner — Crave
- Twitter's chief talks about lists, traffic, and money — NYTimes
- Plane torn apart over lost cell phone — Switched
- MahTweets is an impressive customizable Facebook and Twitter client — Lifehacker
- BlackBerry Storm 2 dummy arrive at Best Buy and Verizon stores — Gizmodo
- 5 things you might not know about Rock Band’s Abbey Road extras — Wired
- It's giveaway and game time on GeekSugar! Be sure to log in and play our Best Video Game Ever bracket!
Are You More Tech Savvy Than Your Boss?
Have you found yourself in this situation? Your boss is either a bit of a technophobe or just doesn't understand how email/her BlackBerry/the office scanner works and asks for your help every time she turns on the device? One writer at Marie Claire confesses she has to help her boss with even the most mindless tech issues — and she's not alone.
Traveling Sans Babies Has Its Advantages
Look ma, no kids! Last weekend, mama got a break from pureed baby food, stinky diapers and bath time duty. The grandparents came to the rescue and watched my wee ones as I took off on a beach adventure with my hubby.
9 Hero Dogs Who Deserve a Bone: In the LINK of an Eye!
- 9 doggie heroes, up close and personal — People Pets
- Visual tale of the cat tails — The Cat's Meow
- Enter to win a Komfort Pets climate-controlled carrier — Paw Nation
- Could chicken embryos produce dinosaurs? — Discovery News
- New CT scanner is faster, better, and smaller — PetMD
- Chicken + tissues = hilarity — Urlesque
- All about "Trap, Neuter, Release" for birds — Dolittler
Vintage Geek: An Original Series Star Trek Tricorder
Hold onto your spacecraft seatbelts, trekkies, because Amazon has got quite the Star Trek treat for you. For only $45, you can get your hands on an authentic Tricorder role-play replica.
This battery-operated handheld communicator comes with working lights and sound effects taken from the original Star Trek and includes a removable scanner accessory for far away missions.
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