CNet posts a story (via JK on the Run) that the Xerox Research Centre Europe in Grenoble, France have turned a mobile phone into a document scanner.
In other words, take any camera phone with a res of 1 megapixel or more, point it at a text document (or say, a white board) and click. The resulting image can be transfered to another phone or perhaps more interestingly, to a computer, for printing or editing via OCR.
Apart from the obvious James Bond and/or corporate espionage applications, it does make the whole process of scanning and archiving much easier and quicker.
But it also enables you to record for later use all of text-based messages and memos we see every day. For instance, if you see a memo on a Notice Board, you can take a snap and refer to it at your leisure. Or send it to a colleague by MMS (OK, let’s assume it works) or bluetooth it to your pc and email it.
The launch is expected later in the year.
If you’re in the scanning business yourself, maybe a change of career would be apposite?
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