As a way of copying things with more detail , and in a more compact than a standard copier, which performs basically the same.
so you could scan things itno your computer rather then write them all out into a word document or have to draw on pictures by hand.
flatbed scanner invented in 1975 by Ray Kurzweil
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Martin Annis was the inventor of the full body scanner.
Lindsey Maresh did.
Norman Joe Woodland
The Barcode Scanner was Invented and Patened in 1952 by Norman Joseph Woodland of Ohio, USA
Rudolf Hell invented the digital scanner.
John Daugman was the inventor of the iris recognition system.
An image scanner optically scans images, printed text or handwriting and converts it to a digital image. It was invented by Ray Kurzweil.
The first digital police scanner was invented in the 1970's. Unlike earlier analog version (which were basically AM Radios, as police just used to broadcast using regular radio waves), this scanner was the first to allow you to punch in a frequency to search for the police frequency.