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scanner

[skan-er] / ˈskæn ər /
NOUN
optical character recognition
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The New York State Capitol in Albany and the Wyoming State Capitol in Cheyenne also received suspicious packages, according to emergency responder scanner feed reviewed by the BBC.

From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026

Using a hand-held X-ray fluorescence scanner, Packard-Grams found that some of those documents contain ink with lead and/or copper.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 26, 2026

The researchers also found that a relatively inexpensive handheld X-ray fluorescence scanner could readily detect lead based ink in a burned scroll.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 26, 2026

That’s because LLMs are far more user-friendly than a scanner or TV that requires what she called a “born-to-it comfort with tech” to operate.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026

When I got in, I held my breath as I pressed my thumb to the ID scanner.

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline

They also have the potential to support extraordinarily powerful magnets, making them promising for future power grids, medical scanners, and quantum computers.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 25, 2026

The U.S. is trying to reduce its reliance on China for rare earths, which go into everything from drones to MRI scanners.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2026

Participants then did an exercise designing a store of their choice using ChatGPT, while fMRI scanners recorded their brain activity.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026

More police forces are adopting A.I. facial scanners; the tech is being piloted in schools, buses, and stores as well.

From Slate ● Aug. 5, 2026

At the time he had a French colleague who managed GE’s power generator business for the scanners out of France.

From "The World Is Flat" by Thomas L. Friedman


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