If
you’re into Document Scanning and stealing secret info like a real spy, this
next Kickstarter will be worth your pledge.
Introducing
the PocketScan
on Kickstarter, whose campaign went live on Monday June 16th
2014 and has already surpassed its goal as described in the article “A
full-function scanner that fits in your hand transfixes Kickstarter”,
published June 17, 2014 8:06 AM PDT by
Michael Franco, CNET News and “Meet
PocketScan, an awesome little scanner with incredible powers”, published
June 19, 2014 6:30 PM By Chris Smith, BGR.
Designed
by Switzerland-based Dacuda, the PocketScan
is a powerful little tool despite its diminutive size. The device is the
brainchild of Design Engineer Alex Ilic, who apparently quit his job at Swiss
Federal Institute of Technology to start his company Dacuda. Great move too, as
he’s on a roll with his kickstarter funding round. Their team is as showed
below.
As
of launch date on Wed, July 16th 2014 7:41 AM EST, the PocketScan
has raised some JA$207,865 from some 1,825 backers. As of Sunday June 22nd
2014, the PocketScan
has some 23 days to go before their funding run is up and they’ve already blown
past their original modest US$50,000 goal.
If
you're reading this, you can still pledge, albeit most of the early bird
pledges that's earn you a US$99 PocketScan
are gone. Instead, you'll have to get it for US$149 and it'll come in white
with other possible colours optional by Christmas Eve on December 2014. So
basically, if your pledge now, you can basically cover Christmas shopping for
the Office Scanning fanatic in your life.
The PocketScan – SCiO
Portable IR Spectrometer made for Scanning the World of Images
Not
only is this battery-powered device palm sized, roughly about the same size as
an inkless Stamp, it packs built in Bluetooth synchronization capability with
your Laptop or Workstation.
Scanning
any text, images or graphic becomes a breeze, as this 2" x 3.75" x
1" device transfers data onscreen to a program of your choice while you
scan the item with a scrubbing motion.
The
design scale is amazing:
1.
Dimensions: 95 x 50 x 27 mm (2" x
3.75" x 1")
2.
Weight: 85g
3.
Battery: Li-Ion
4.
Scans: 400
5.
Connectivity: Bluetooth
It's
also got some really neat tricks too:
1.
Converts scanned Tables into an Excel
spreadsheet
2.
Converts Text into a Word document
3.
Real-time translation between 130
different languages of scanned text
The
next time I go to Egypt, this would be great to have just to read hieroglyphics,
albeit I'm sure that's probably not one of the languages it supports.
Still,
this clever little devices ability to synch with any device that's Bluetooth
enabled means it's a lot like Consumer Physics US$199 SCiO Portable IR
Spectrometer as described in my blog article entitled
“Consumer
Physics US$199 SCiO Portable IR Spectrometer – Star Trek Tricorder that can
scan the Molecular World”.
Only
on any surface, one sweep at a time!
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