• "scanners" are psychics with unusual telepathic and telekinetic powers. ConSec, a purveyor of weaponry and security systems, searches out scanners to...
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  • control unit diagnostic tool Scanner (band), a German speed metal band Scanners (band), an alternative band from London "Scanners Live in Vain", science fiction...
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    connected to, although some scanners are able to store scans on standalone flash media (e.g. memory cards and USB drives). Modern scanners typically use a charge-coupled...
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    fingerprint scanners: optical scanners, capacitance scanners, ultrasonic scanners, and thermal scanners. The basic function of every type of scanner is to obtain...
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    full-body scanners can detect non-metal objects, which became an increasing concern after various airliner bombing attempts in the 2000s. Some scanners can...
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  • able to sit in a police facility and observe his housemates through "holo-scanners", audio-visual surveillance devices that are placed throughout the house...
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    a push broom scanner. Push broom scanners and the whisk broom scanners variant (also known as across-track scanners) are often contrasted with staring...
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  • their complex scan patterns. Omnidirectional scanners are most familiar through the horizontal scanners in supermarkets, where packages are slid over...
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    classified as scanners too. More often than not, these scanners can also tune to different types of modulation as well (AM, FM, SSB, etc.). Early scanners were...
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    scanner, or Variable Path scanner, is a type of radar system that produces a narrow beam that rapidly scans an area in front of it. Foster scanners were...
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