The plastic must also be flat and smooth for the reading to be accurate, and the object must be brought to the machine (which is not very portable) for analysis, which takes yet more time.

ECONOMIST: Recycling

Point both NODE and an iPhone at an object being scanned and you can take a photo that displays the numerical reading on the image.

FORBES: NODE Inventor Brings Tricorder-Style Device To The Masses

The UI supports a rich set of services, including phone calls, text messaging with vocal read-out, navigation, object recognition, social network services, remote assistance, audio-book reading, and other leisure and entertainment offerings.

ENGADGET: Qualcomm develops eyes-free smartphone for the blind and visually impaired, calls it Ray

The defense seemed to rest--literally--reading newspapers in the courtroom, appearing almost uninterested, making fewer motions, rarely leaping up to object as they had during the first part of the trial.

FORBES: Justice Disserved?